# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-h-baxter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:03:28.793Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-h-baxter"
name: "William H. Baxter"
slug: "william-h-baxter"
description: "William Hubbard Baxter III is an American sinologist and linguist specializing in the history of the Chinese language. He is best known for his work on the reconstruction on Old Chinese."
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birthDate: "1949-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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    title: "William H. Baxter"
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    title: "William H. Baxter"
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    title: "William Hubbard Baxter"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump