# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-soutar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:34:34.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-soutar"
name: "William Soutar"
slug: "william-soutar"
description: "William Soutar was a Scottish poet and diarist who wrote in English and in Braid Scots. He is known best for his epigrams."
tagline: "Scottish poet (1898–1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Soutar_by_Benno_Schotz_1959.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1898-04-28"
deathDate: "1943-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.740749333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2288196"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام سوتار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Soutar"
    title: "William Soutar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Soutar"
    title: "William Soutar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Soutar"
    title: "William Soutar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Soutar"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c4e482f6-b3af-4179-b713-bf059698d213"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8018623"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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