# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-gowland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:02:09.533Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-gowland"
name: "William Gowland"
slug: "william-gowland"
description: "William Gowland FRAI was an English mining engineer who carried out archaeological work at Stonehenge and in Japan. He has been called the \"Father of Japanese Archaeology\"."
tagline: "British archaeologist (1842–1922)"
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birthDate: "1842-12-16"
deathDate: "1922-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump