# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-roger-paton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:00:26.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-roger-paton"
name: "William Roger Paton"
slug: "william-roger-paton"
description: "William Roger Paton, usually cited as W. R. Paton, was a Scottish author and translator of ancient Greek texts, mostly known for his translation of the Greek Anthology."
tagline: "Scottish classical scholar and epigraphist (1857–1921)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Paton_Lefkoma_Archailogikis_Etaireias_1837_-_1937.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1857-02-09"
deathDate: "1921-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           5.270878666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Γουίλιαμ Ρότζερ Πάτον"
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    title: "ويليام روجير پاتون"
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    title: "William Roger Paton"
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  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Roger_Paton"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Roger_Paton"
    title: "William Roger Paton"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Патон, Уильям Роджер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8017733"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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