# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-p-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:11:33.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-p-anderson"
name: "William P. Anderson"
slug: "william-p-anderson"
description: "William Patrick Anderson (1851–1927) was a Canadian civil engineer. He was Superintendent of Lighthouses for almost 40 years, and was responsible for many of the more notable lighthouses in Canada."
tagline: "Engineer/superintendent/Lighthouses (1851–1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colonel_William_Patrick_Anderson_en_1904.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1851-09-04"
deathDate: "1927-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.1
  momentum:             3.214285714285715
  historical:           3.935997333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام بي أندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_P._Anderson"
    title: "William P. Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Patrick_Anderson"
    title: "William Patrick Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Patrick_Anderson"
    title: "William Patrick Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568874"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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