# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-grylls-adams
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:31:44.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-grylls-adams"
name: "William Grylls Adams"
slug: "william-grylls-adams"
description: "William Grylls Adams was professor of Natural Philosophy at King's College, London. He was active in research on subjects ranging from light, magnetism, and astronomy to electrical power generation and transmission. His research in optics yielded the discovery that certain materials, notably selenium, produce an electric current when exposed to light. Adams also actively participated in many academic societies and held major positions within the societies."
tagline: "British physicist (1836-1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamGryllisAdams.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1836-02-18"
deathDate: "1915-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.540983606557377
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  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  58
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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sources:
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    title: "ويليام آدامز"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grylls_Adams"
    title: "William Grylls Adams"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grylls_Adams"
    title: "William Grylls Adams"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations