# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-shield
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:38:23.805Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-shield"
name: "William Shield"
slug: "william-shield"
description: "William Shield was an English composer, violinist and violist. His music earned the respect of Haydn and Beethoven."
tagline: "English composer, viola player and song collector"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Shield_1795.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1748-03-05"
deathDate: "1829-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.24
  momentum:             0.6550218340611353
  historical:           6.808784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1868605"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "ويليام شيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shield"
    title: "William Shield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shield"
    title: "William Shield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shield"
    title: "William Shield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shield"
    title: "William Shield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shield"
    title: "William Shield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e7a77075-f15d-4a87-8597-c1d60e029b69"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568956"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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