# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ruschenberger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:49:16.734Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ruschenberger"
name: "William Ruschenberger"
slug: "william-ruschenberger"
description: "William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger was a surgeon for the United States Navy, a naturalist, and a writer."
tagline: "United States Navy officer and naturalist (1807-1895)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/W._S._W._Ruschenberger_(1807-1895).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1807-09-04"
deathDate: "1895-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.535097333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Вільям Рушенбергер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ruschenberger"
    title: "William Ruschenberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Samuel_Waithman_Ruschenberger"
    title: "William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Samuel_Waithman_Ruschenberger"
    title: "William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ruschenberger"
    title: "William Ruschenberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Рушенбергер, Вильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Samuel_Waithman_Ruschenberger"
    title: "William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1964866"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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