# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-palmer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:54:47.524Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-palmer"
name: "William Palmer"
slug: "william-palmer"
description: "William Palmer, also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners, was an English doctor and murderer. A court convicted him for the 1855 murder of his friend John Cook, whom he had poisoned with strychnine. He was also suspected of poisoning several other people including his brother and his mother-in-law, as well as four of his children. Palmer made large sums of money from the deaths of his wife and brother after collecting on life insurance, and by defrauding his wealthy mother."
tagline: "English doctor found guilty of murder (1824–1856)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_palmer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1824-08-06"
deathDate: "1856-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.57643066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer_(m%C3%B6rdare)"
    title: "William Palmer (mördare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1_(%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A8)"
    title: "ويليام بالمر (طبيب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1_(%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)"
    title: "ويليام بالمر (دكتور من المملكه المتحده لبريطانيا العظمى و ايرلاندا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Уилям Палмър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer"
    title: "William Palmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer_(murderer)"
    title: "William Palmer (murderer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer_(meurtrier)"
    title: "William Palmer (meurtrier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B4_%D5%93%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80"
    title: "Ուիլյամ Փալմեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC_(%E7%8A%AF%E7%BD%AA%E8%80%85)"
    title: "ウィリアム・パーマー (犯罪者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer_(seriemoordenaar)"
    title: "William Palmer (seriemoordenaar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer_(assassino)"
    title: "William Palmer (assassino)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%86%D0%B0)"
    title: "Палмер, Уильям (серийный убийца)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q563618"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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