# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-rainey-harper
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:56:36.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-rainey-harper"
name: "William Rainey Harper"
slug: "william-rainey-harper"
description: "William Rainey Harper was an American academic, an accomplished semiticist, and Baptist clergyman. A Yale University professor, Harper helped to establish both the University of Chicago and Bradley University and served as the inaugural president of both institutions. He served as the inaugural president of the University of Chicago from 1891 to 1906."
tagline: "American academic administrator (1856-1906)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_William_Rainey_Harper.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1856-07-26"
deathDate: "1906-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.96
  momentum:             2.412548655685304
  historical:           8.963861333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Харпер, Уильям Рейни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام هاربر (لغوى)"
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    title: "William Rainey Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rainey_Harper"
    title: "William Rainey Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rainey_Harper"
    title: "William Rainey Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rainey_Harper"
    title: "William Rainey Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rainey_Harper"
    title: "William Rainey Harper"
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  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%94_%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4%EB%8B%88_%ED%95%98%ED%8D%BC"
    title: "윌리암 레이니 하퍼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rainey_Harper"
    title: "William Rainey Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rainey_Harper"
    title: "William Rainey Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2546810"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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