# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-stimpson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:32:15.312Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-stimpson"
name: "William Stimpson"
slug: "william-stimpson"
description: "William Stimpson was an American scientist. He was interested particularly in marine biology. Stimpson became an important early contributor to the work of the Smithsonian Institution and later, director of the Chicago Academy of Sciences."
tagline: "American marine biologist (1832–1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stimpson_William_1832-1872.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1832-02-14"
deathDate: "1872-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.51929587000677
  historical:           10.27498266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Stimpson"
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    title: "William Stimpson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump