# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-somervile
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:31:31.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-somervile"
name: "William Somervile"
slug: "william-somervile"
description: "William Somervile or Somerville was an English poet who wrote in many genres and is especially remembered for \"The Chace\", in which he pioneered an early English georgic."
tagline: "English poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamSomerville.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1675-09-02"
deathDate: "1742-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.005184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Somervile"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2"
    title: "উইলিয়াম সামারভিল"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Somervile"
    title: "William Somervile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Somervile"
    title: "William Somervile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Somervile"
    title: "William Somervile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Somervile"
    title: "William Somervile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Сомервиль, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Somervile"
    title: "William Somervile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4428668"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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