# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-houstoun
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:46:09.384Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-houstoun"
name: "William Houstoun"
slug: "william-houstoun"
description: "William Houstoun (1695?–1733) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who collected plants in the West Indies, New Spain and South America."
tagline: "Scottish surgeon and botanist (1695-1733)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1695"
deathDate: "1733-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.04
  momentum:             8.381948266373143
  historical:           5.670410666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Houstoun"
    title: "William Houstoun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Houstoun_(Mediziner)"
    title: "William Houstoun (Mediziner)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Houstoun_(botanist)"
    title: "William Houstoun (botanist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Houstoun"
    title: "William Houstoun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3_(%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85)"
    title: "ウィリアム・ヒューストン (植物学者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Хустон, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579338"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump