# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-shipley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:19:36.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-shipley"
name: "William Shipley"
slug: "william-shipley"
description: "William Shipley was an English drawing master, social reformer and inventor who, in 1754, founded an arts society in London that became The Royal Society of Arts, or Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA)."
tagline: "Drawing master, social reformer, and inventor (1714-1803)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hincks_-_William_Shipley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1714"
deathDate: "1803-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.542441333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Шипли, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shipley"
    title: "William Shipley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shipley"
    title: "William Shipley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shipley"
    title: "William Shipley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shipley"
    title: "William Shipley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%99"
    title: "ויליאם שיפלי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウィリアム・シプリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8018398"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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