# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-thoms
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:34:09.177Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-thoms"
name: "William Thoms"
slug: "william-thoms"
description: "William John Thoms was a British writer credited with coining the term \"folklore\" in 1846. Thoms' investigation of folklore and myth led to a later career of debunking longevity myths, and he was a pioneer demographer."
tagline: "British writer (1803–1885)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_thoms.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1803-11-16"
deathDate: "1885-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.15648133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump