# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-flower
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:16:19.378Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-henry-flower"
name: "William Henry Flower"
slug: "william-henry-flower"
description: "Sir William Henry Flower was an English surgeon, museum curator and comparative anatomist, who became a leading authority on mammals and especially on the primate brain. He supported Thomas Henry Huxley in an important controversy with Richard Owen about the human brain and eventually succeeded Owen as Director of the Natural History Museum in London."
tagline: "English comparative anatomist, surgeon and museum curator (1831–1899)"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1831-11-30"
deathDate: "1899-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump