# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-roy-branch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:59:53.337Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-roy-branch"
name: "William Roy Branch"
slug: "william-roy-branch"
description: "William Roy \"Bill\" Branch was a British-South-African herpetologist."
tagline: "South African herpetologist (1946-2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1946-05-12"
deathDate: "2018-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.48
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.469078666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E7%BE%85%E4%BC%8A%C2%B7%E5%B8%83%E8%98%AD%E5%A5%87"
    title: "威廉·羅伊·布蘭奇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "ويليام روي برانش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "ويليام روى برانش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Roy_Branch"
    title: "William Roy Branch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Roy_Branch"
    title: "William Roy Branch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Roy_Branch"
    title: "William Roy Branch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Roy_Branch"
    title: "William Roy Branch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14939241"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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