93,820 profiles ranked live

William Norwood Potter

✓ Source-basedstable

English chess player (1840-1895)

JournalistsLived 1840 to 1895 · aged 54
Compare
Fame36.6
Momentum1.5
Languages6
In century#41,565

William Norwood Potter was an English chess master and writer. He is primarily remembered for the quality of his chess journalism, and for his association with Wilhelm Steinitz, the first winner of a world chess championship match.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

In their orbit 1

Journalists born in the 1840s 6

About this person

Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1840 to 1895 · aged 54
Written about in
6 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.