# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-paton-ker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:18:51.642Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-paton-ker"
name: "William Paton Ker"
slug: "william-paton-ker"
description: "William Paton Ker, FBA, was a Scottish literary scholar and essayist."
tagline: "Scottish literary scholar and essayist (1855-1923)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Paton_Ker_by_Johnstone_Forbes-Robertson_Univ_Glasgow_Hunterian_Art_Gallery.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1855-08-30"
deathDate: "1923-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.9
  momentum:             3.083948698017878
  historical:           4.139417333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._P._Ker"
    title: "W. P. Ker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "ویلیام پاتون کر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Кер, Уильям Пейтон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Paton_Ker"
    title: "William Paton Ker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4219472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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