# Francis Williams

> Francis Williams was a Jamaican polymath, scholar, astronomer and poet who was one of the most notable free black people in Jamaica. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, into a slaveholding family, Williams subsequently travelled to England where he officially became a British subject. After returning to Jamaica, he established a free school for free people of colour in Jamaica. His portrait is considered to be the earliest-known example in the canon of western art to have been commissioned by a known Black person to record their own intellectual achievements.

*Jamaican scholar and polymath*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1702
- **Died:** 1770
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
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- **Historical depth:** 6.6 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Уильямс, Фрэнсис (поэт)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%8D%D1%82))
- [فرنسيس وليامز (رياضياتي)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_(%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A))
- [Francis Williams (polymath)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Williams_(polymath))
- [Francis Williams](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Williams)
- [Francis Williams (poète)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Williams_(po%C3%A8te))
- [Francis Williams](https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Williams)
- [Francis Williams (polímata)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Williams_(pol%C3%ADmata))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5482798)

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