# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-saunders
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:06:22.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-saunders"
name: "William Saunders"
slug: "william-saunders"
description: "William Saunders was a Scottish-American horticulturist, landscape designer, and nurseryman. He was among the first landscape architects employed by the federal government, and served for thirty-eight years with the United States Department of Agriculture. Saunders was a founder of the National Grange or Patrons of Husbandry, designed Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, planned and developed the Washington, D.C. park system, introduced many plant species to the United States, and authored several articles on horticulture."
tagline: "American botanist (1822-1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Saunders_Granger.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1822-12-07"
deathDate: "1900-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.02
  momentum:             0.05494505494505495
  historical:           4.806588
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saunders_(botanist)"
    title: "William Saunders (botanist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saunders"
    title: "William Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ویلیام ساندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saunders_(botanist%2C_1822%E2%80%931900)"
    title: "William Saunders (botanist, 1822–1900)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saunders"
    title: "William Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6811116"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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