# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-howitt
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:31:55.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-howitt"
name: "William Howitt"
slug: "william-howitt"
description: "William Howitt, was a prolific English writer on history and other subjects. Howitt Primary Community School in Heanor, Derbyshire, is named after him and his wife."
tagline: "British writer (1792–1879)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Howitt_BritishLibraryuk_C3031-02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1792-12-18"
deathDate: "1879-03-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.3
  momentum:             3.320754716981132
  historical:           7.479374666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "وليام هوويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howitt"
    title: "William Howitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howitt"
    title: "William Howitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howitt"
    title: "William Howitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howitt"
    title: "William Howitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Хоувит, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Howitt"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Howitt"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1412583"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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