# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-maclure
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:47:56.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-maclure"
name: "William Maclure"
slug: "william-maclure"
description: "William Maclure was an Americanized Scottish geologist, cartographer and philanthropist. He is known as the 'father of American geology'. As a social experimenter on new types of community life, he collaborated with British social reformer Robert Owen, (1771–1854), in the utopian settlement of New Harmony in Indiana, United States."
tagline: "Geologist, cartographer, social theorist (1763-1840)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamMaclure.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1763-10-27"
deathDate: "1840-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.541073333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James_Maclure"
    title: "William James Maclure"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام ماكلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%DA%A9_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ویلیام مک لور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclure"
    title: "William Maclure"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclure"
    title: "William Maclure"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclure"
    title: "William Maclure"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclure"
    title: "William Maclure"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclure"
    title: "William Maclure"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclure"
    title: "William Maclure"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ウィリアム・マクルール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q349865"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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