# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-gordon-burn-murdoch
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:21:44.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-gordon-burn-murdoch"
name: "William Gordon Burn Murdoch"
slug: "william-gordon-burn-murdoch"
description: "William Gordon Burn Murdoch was a Scottish painter, travel writer and explorer. Murdoch travelled widely including India and both the Arctic and the Antarctic. He is said to be the first person to have played the bagpipes in the Antarctic. He published several travel books as well as being an accomplished artist. A cape in the South Orkneys is named in his honour."
tagline: "Scottish painter, travel writer and explorer (1862-1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/W._G._Burn-Murdoch_playing_bagpipes_in_polar_environment.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1862-01-22"
deathDate: "1939-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.74
  momentum:             1.271186440677966
  historical:           5.004788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ويليام غوردون مردوخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gordon_Burn-Murdoch"
    title: "William Gordon Burn-Murdoch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gordon_Burn_Murdoch"
    title: "William Gordon Burn Murdoch"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gordon_Burn_Murdoch"
    title: "William Gordon Burn Murdoch"
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    title: "ויליאם גורדון ברן מרדוך"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2578987"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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