# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-west-durant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:12:05.193Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-west-durant"
name: "William West Durant"
slug: "william-west-durant"
description: "William West Durant (1850–1934) was a designer and developer of camps in the Adirondack Great Camp style, including Camp Uncas, Camp Pine Knot and Great Camp Sagamore; all have been designated National Historic Landmarks. He was the son of Thomas C. Durant, the financier and railroad promoter who was behind the Crédit Mobilier scandal."
tagline: "American architect"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_West_Durant_at_Camp_Pine_Knot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1850"
deathDate: "1934"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.13
  momentum:             2.008032128514056
  historical:           1.554861333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  64
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_West_Durant"
    title: "William West Durant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8020212"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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