# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bert-hoffmeister
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:04:25.861Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bert-hoffmeister"
name: "Bert Hoffmeister"
slug: "bert-hoffmeister"
description: "Major General Bertram Meryl Hoffmeister, was a Canadian Army officer, businessman, and conservationist. He served with distinction during the last two years of the Second World War, becoming, in Jack Granatstein's words, \"the best Canadian fighting general of the war\", rising from captain and a company commander in 1939 to major general and commander of the 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division in 1944."
tagline: "Canadian general (1907–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hoffmeister_e010786144-v8.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1907-05-15"
deathDate: "1999-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.475378666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Hoffmeister"
    title: "Bert Hoffmeister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Hoffmeister"
    title: "Bert Hoffmeister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "بيرت هوفميستير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_Meryl_Hoffmeister"
    title: "Bertram Meryl Hoffmeister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "برترام مریل هافمایستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%95%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "バートラム・ホフマイスター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2091649"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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