# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-of-moerbeke
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:07:33.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-of-moerbeke"
name: "William of Moerbeke"
slug: "william-of-moerbeke"
description: "William of Moerbeke, O.P., was a prolific medieval translator of philosophical, medical, and scientific texts from Greek into Latin, enabled by the period of Latin rule of the Byzantine Empire. His translations were influential in his day, when few competing translations were available, and are still respected by modern scholars."
tagline: "13th-century Flemish translator of Greek into Latin (1215–1286)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1215"
deathDate: "1286"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.24302
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "穆爾貝克的威廉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليم الموربيكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вільгельм Мербеке"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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