# Francis Light

> Francis Light was a British sailor and explorer best known for founding the colony of Penang and its capital city of George Town in 1786. Light was the father of William Light, who founded the city of Adelaide in South Australia in 1836.

*Founder of the British colony on Penang in 1786*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1740
- **Died:** 1794-10-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 11.7 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [弗朗西斯·萊特](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%97%E6%9C%97%E8%A5%BF%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E8%90%8A%E7%89%B9)
- [فرانسيس لايت](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA)
- [فرانسیس لایت](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA)
- [Francis Light](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Light)
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- [فرانسیس لایت](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA)
- [Francis Light](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Light)
- [Francis Light](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Light)
- [Francis Light](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Light)
- [ഫ്രാൻസിസ് ലൈറ്റ്](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D)
- [Francis Light](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Light)
- [பிரான்சிஸ் லைட்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D)
- [ฟรานซิส ไลต์](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA_%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5481747)

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