# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-torrey-harris
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:41:39.291Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-torrey-harris"
name: "William Torrey Harris"
slug: "william-torrey-harris"
description: "William Torrey Harris was an American educator, philosopher, and lexicographer. He worked for nearly a quarter century in St. Louis, Missouri, where he taught school and served as Superintendent of Schools for twelve years. With Susan Blow, in 1873 he established the first permanent, public kindergarten in the country. He is also known for establishing high school as an integral part of public education."
tagline: "American philosopher (1835–1909)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Torrey_Harris_circa_1908.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1835-09-10"
deathDate: "1909-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.06
  momentum:             13.06451612903226
  historical:           7.012312
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Torrey_Harris"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "وليام توري هاريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "وليام تورى هاريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Torrey_Harris"
    title: "William Torrey Harris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%ED%86%A0%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4_%ED%95%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "윌리엄 토레이 해리스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "ویلیم توري هاریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Torrey_Harris"
    title: "William Torrey Harris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E6%89%98%E9%87%8C%C2%B7%E5%93%88%E9%87%8C%E6%96%AF"
    title: "威廉·托里·哈里斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5791238"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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