# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-scoresby
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:25:50.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-scoresby"
name: "William Scoresby"
slug: "william-scoresby"
description: "William Scoresby, known as \"William Scoresby Junior\" to distinguish him from his father, was an English whaler, Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman."
tagline: "English Arctic explorer and whaler (1789–1857)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Scoresby._Line_engraving_by_E._Smith%2C_1821%2C_after_A._Wellcome_V0005341EL.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1789-10-05"
deathDate: "1857-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.999999999999998
  historical:           11.626136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Scoresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام اسکورسبی"
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    title: "Уилям Скорсби"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Scoresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scoresby"
    title: "William Scoresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scoresby"
    title: "William Scoresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scoresby"
    title: "William Scoresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scoresby"
    title: "William Scoresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scoresby"
    title: "William Scoresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scoresby"
    title: "William Scoresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scoresby"
    title: "William Scoresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scoresby"
    title: "William Scoresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scoresby"
    title: "William Scoresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Скорсби, Уильям"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump