# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-sharp-macleay
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:22:46.928Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-sharp-macleay"
name: "William Sharp Macleay"
slug: "william-sharp-macleay"
description: "William Sharp Macleay or McLeay was a British civil servant and entomologist. He was also a prominent promoter of the Quinarian system of classification."
tagline: "British civil servant and entomologist, active in Cuba and New South Wales, Australia (1792–1865)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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birthDate: "1792-07-21"
deathDate: "1865-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump