# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-painter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:23:38.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-painter"
name: "William Painter"
slug: "william-painter"
description: "William Painter was an English author and translator. As a clerk of the Ordnance in the Tower of London, he was accused of fraud aimed at amassing a personal fortune at public expense. He is best known for his anthology of translations, The Palace of Pleasure."
tagline: "English author and translator 1540?-1594"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1540"
deathDate: "1594"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.56
  momentum:             2.183288409703504
  historical:           9.416272000000001
  currentAttention:     6.440000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Painter"
    title: "William Painter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام پاينتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Painter"
    title: "William Painter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Painter_(Schriftsteller)"
    title: "William Painter (Schriftsteller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Painter_(author)"
    title: "William Painter (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Painter"
    title: "William Painter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ویلیام پینتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Painter_(auteur)"
    title: "William Painter (auteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Painter"
    title: "William Painter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Painter"
    title: "William Painter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Painter"
    title: "William Painter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19061"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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