# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-linn-westermann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:05:36.488Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-linn-westermann"
name: "William Linn Westermann"
slug: "william-linn-westermann"
description: "William Linn Westermann was an American historian and papyrologist who served as the president of the American Historical Association in 1944. He was regarded as an expert on the economy of the ancient world."
tagline: "American historian and papyrologist (1873–1954)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1873-09-15"
deathDate: "1954-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.630434782608696
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Уэстерман, Уильям Линн"
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    title: "ويليام لين ويسترمان"
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    title: "William Linn Westermann"
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    title: "William Linn Westermann"
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    title: "William Linn Westermann"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump