# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-keith-brooks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:33:06.358Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-keith-brooks"
name: "William Keith Brooks"
slug: "william-keith-brooks"
description: "William Keith Brooks was an American zoologist, born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 25, 1848. Brooks studied embryological development in invertebrates and founded a marine biological laboratory where he and others studied heredity. His best known book, The Oyster, was first published in 1891 and has been reprinted many times."
tagline: "American zoologist (1848–1908)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PSM_V55_D302_William_Keith_Brooks.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1848-03-25"
deathDate: "1908-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.83
  momentum:             8.36734693877551
  historical:           7.20648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ويليام كيث بروكس"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Keith Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Keith_Brooks"
    title: "William Keith Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Keith_Brooks"
    title: "William Keith Brooks"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Keith_Brooks"
    title: "William Keith Brooks"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump