# William Gaskell

> William Gaskell was an English Unitarian minister, charity worker and pioneer in the education of the working class. The husband of novelist and biographer Elizabeth Gaskell, he was himself a writer and poet, and acted as the longest-serving Chair of the Portico Library from 1849 to his death in 1884.

*British minister (1805-1884)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-gaskell

## Identity
- **Born:** 1805-07-24
- **Died:** 1884-06-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.9 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 2.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 36.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William Gaskell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaskell)
- [William Gaskell](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaskell)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8009712)

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