# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-murdoch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:20:31.714Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-murdoch"
name: "William Murdoch"
slug: "william-murdoch"
description: "William Murdoch was a Scottish chemist, inventor, and mechanical engineer."
tagline: "Scottish engineer and inventor (1754-1839)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Murdoch_(1754-1839).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1754-08-21"
deathDate: "1839-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.27
  momentum:             7.188417568520148
  historical:           20.82567333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump