# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-john-mcgee
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:06:52.025Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-john-mcgee"
name: "William John McGee"
slug: "william-john-mcgee"
description: "William John McGee, LL.D. was an American inventor, geologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist, born in Farley, Iowa. He always referred to himself as W J McGee, without periods."
tagline: "American geologist & anthropologist (1853-1912)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamJohnMcGee_1900_Smithsonian02861200.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1853-04-17"
deathDate: "1912-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.873470666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William John McGee"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump