# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-van-mildert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:05:44.358Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-van-mildert"
name: "William Van Mildert"
slug: "william-van-mildert"
description: "William Van Mildert was the bishop of Durham (1826–1836), and the last to rule the county palatine of Durham. He was also one of the founders of the University of Durham, where he is commemorated in the names of Van Mildert College, founded in 1965, and the Van Mildert Professor of Divinity."
tagline: "Bishop of Durham"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_van_mildert.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1765-11-06"
deathDate: "1836-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.52
  momentum:             7.636363636363636
  historical:           4.811916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Van_Mildert"
    title: "William Van Mildert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Van_Mildert"
    title: "William Van Mildert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Van_Mildert"
    title: "William Van Mildert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Van_Mildert"
    title: "William Van Mildert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E8%8C%83%E7%B1%B3%E7%88%BE%E5%BE%B7%E7%89%B9"
    title: "威廉·范米爾德特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8019679"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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