# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-george-beers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:14:15.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-george-beers"
name: "William George Beers"
slug: "william-george-beers"
description: "William George Beers was a Canadian dentist who founded Canada's first dental journal and served as the founding dean of the Dental College of the Province of Quebec. In addition, he is referred to as the \"father of modern lacrosse\" for his work establishing the first set of playing rules for the game."
tagline: "Dentist and codifier of lacrosse (1843-1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamGeorgeBeers.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1843-05-05"
deathDate: "1900-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.073578666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Beers"
    title: "William George Beers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ويليام جورج بيرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام جورج بيرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Beers"
    title: "William George Beers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Beers"
    title: "William George Beers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Beers"
    title: "William George Beers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568653"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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