# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-j-kirkpatrick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:20:08.699Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-j-kirkpatrick"
name: "William J. Kirkpatrick"
slug: "william-j-kirkpatrick"
description: "William James Kirkpatrick was an American hymnwriter and music publisher. He produced and published 91 books of hymns, over half of them in partnership with John R. Sweney. He co-founded Praise Publishing Company in 1878 along with Sweney and served as president."
tagline: "English composer of hymns and teacher (1838-1921)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamJKirkpatrick.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: "1838-02-27"
deathDate: "1921-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.23
  momentum:             3.435897435897437
  historical:           6.153853333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1723368/"
    handle:    "nm1723368"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IyFf7sJynolp1a7Ck79u9"
    handle:    "0IyFf7sJynolp1a7Ck79u9"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "ويليام جاي كيركباتريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Kirkpatrick"
    title: "William J. Kirkpatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Kirkpatrick"
    title: "William J. Kirkpatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Kirkpatrick"
    title: "William J. Kirkpatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Kirkpatrick"
    title: "William J. Kirkpatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8c081b40-dae2-4573-af29-fd2bb989b34f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3848833"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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