# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-fry
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:16:16.035Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-henry-fry"
name: "William Henry Fry"
slug: "william-henry-fry"
description: "William Henry Fry was an American composer, music critic, and journalist. Fry was the first known person born in the United States to write for a large symphony orchestra, and the first to compose a publicly performed opera. He was also the first music critic for a major American newspaper, and he was the first known person to insist that his fellow countrymen support American-made music."
tagline: "American composer, music critic, and journalist (1813–1864)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Henry_Fry.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1813-08-10"
deathDate: "1864-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.13
  momentum:             9.6
  historical:           8.543233333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Henry Fry"
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    title: "William Henry Fry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Henry Fry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump