# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-julius-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:57:03.091Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-julius-wilson"
name: "William Julius Wilson"
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description: "William Julius Wilson is an American sociologist, a professor emeritus at Harvard University, and an author of works on urban sociology, race, and class issues. Laureate of the National Medal of Science, he served as the 80th President of the American Sociological Association, was a member of numerous national boards and commissions. He identified the importance of neighborhood effects and demonstrated how limited employment opportunities and weakened institutional resources exacerbated poverty within American inner-city neighborhoods."
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birthDate: "1935-12-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump