# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-s-sadler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:03:26.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-s-sadler"
name: "William S. Sadler"
slug: "william-s-sadler"
description: "William Samuel Sadler was an American surgeon, self-trained psychiatrist, and author who helped publish The Urantia Book. The book is said to have resulted from Sadler's relationship with a man through whom he believed celestial beings spoke at night. It drew a following of people who studied its teachings."
tagline: "Psychiatrist and author (1875–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_S_Sadler_1914.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: "1875-06-24"
deathDate: "1969-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.36296133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A5%D8%B3._%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "وليم إس. سادلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Sadler"
    title: "William S. Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Samuel_Sadler"
    title: "William Samuel Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B3._%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "ویلیام اس. سدلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Sadler"
    title: "William S. Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Sadler"
    title: "William S. Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Sadler"
    title: "William S. Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Sadler"
    title: "William S. Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Sadler"
    title: "William S. Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Sadler"
    title: "William S. Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Сэдлер, Уильям Сэмуэль"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump