# Arthur Wakefield

> Arthur Wakefield was an English Navy officer who served with the Royal Navy before joining his brother, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, in founding the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson in New Zealand.

*New Zealand coloniser (1799-1843)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/arthur-wakefield

## Identity
- **Born:** 1799-11-19
- **Died:** 1843-06-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 3.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 38.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Arthur Wakefield](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wakefield)
- [Arthur Wakefield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wakefield)
- [Arthur Wakefield](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wakefield)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711854)

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