# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-reid-dick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:18:39.142Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-reid-dick"
name: "William Reid Dick"
slug: "william-reid-dick"
description: "Sir William Reid Dick, was a Scottish sculptor known for his innovative stylisation of form in his monument sculptures and simplicity in his portraits. He became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1921 and a Royal Academician in 1928. Dick served as president of the Royal Society of British Sculptors from 1933 to 1938. He was knighted by King George V in 1935. He was Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland to King George VI from 1938 to 1952, then held the post under Queen Elizabeth until his death in 1961."
tagline: "Scottish sculptor (1879-1961)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/William_Reid_Dick_by_Philippe_Ledoux.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1879-01-13"
deathDate: "1961-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.872509960159363
  historical:           5.477394666666667
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  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