# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-r-bennett-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:49:46.919Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-r-bennett-jr"
name: "William R. Bennett, Jr."
slug: "william-r-bennett-jr"
description: "William Ralph Bennett Jr. was an American physicist known for his pioneering work on gas lasers. He spent most of his career on the faculty of Yale University."
tagline: "American physicist (1930–2008)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1930-01-30"
deathDate: "2008-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1197604790419162
  historical:           7.206084000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump