# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-marsden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:55:59.850Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-marsden"
name: "William Marsden"
slug: "william-marsden"
description: "William Marsden was an Irish orientalist, numismatist, and linguist who served as Second, then First Secretary to the Admiralty during years of conflict with France."
tagline: "British orientalist (1754-1836)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Marsden.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1754-11-16"
deathDate: "1836-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             12.19631578947368
  historical:           9.408748000000001
  currentAttention:     2.68
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Marsden (orientalist)"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام مارسدين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marsden"
    title: "William Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marsden_(orientalist)"
    title: "William Marsden (orientalist)"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marsden"
    title: "William Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marsden_(orientaliste)"
    title: "William Marsden (orientaliste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marsden"
    title: "William Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marsden"
    title: "William Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marsden"
    title: "William Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marsden_(orientalist)"
    title: "William Marsden (orientalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marsden"
    title: "William Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1335233"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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