# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ged
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:27:55.166Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ged"
name: "William Ged"
slug: "william-ged"
description: "William Ged was a Scottish goldsmith who has been credited with the invention of stereotyping.\nHowever, he was not the first to use the process."
tagline: "British printer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1690"
deathDate: "1749-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.1
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.20288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ged"
    title: "William Ged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ged"
    title: "William Ged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BC_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84"
    title: "Γουίλιαμ Γκεντ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ged"
    title: "William Ged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ged"
    title: "William Ged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ged"
    title: "William Ged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ged"
    title: "William Ged"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Гед, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2578957"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump