# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-whewell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:53:02.446Z

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name: "William Whewell"
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description: "William Whewell was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved distinction in both poetry and mathematics."
tagline: "English philosopher and historian of science (1794–1866)"
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birthDate: "1794-05-24"
deathDate: "1866-03-06"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump