# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-merriam-burton
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:55:59.681Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-merriam-burton"
name: "William Merriam Burton"
slug: "william-merriam-burton"
description: "William Merriam Burton was an American chemist who developed the widely used Burton process of thermal cracking for crude oil."
tagline: "American chemist (1865–1954)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/William_Merriam_Burton.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1865-11-17"
deathDate: "1954-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Merriam Burton"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Burton"
    title: "William M. Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Merriam Burton"
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    title: "ویلیام مریام برتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Merriam Burton"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Merriam_Burton"
    title: "William Merriam Burton"
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  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Merriam_Burton"
    title: "William Merriam Burton"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Merriam_Burton"
    title: "William Merriam Burton"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump