# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-wilkins-kendall
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:41:44.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-wilkins-kendall"
name: "George Wilkins Kendall"
slug: "george-wilkins-kendall"
description: "George Wilkins Kendall (1809–1867) was a journalist, war correspondent, and pioneer Texas sheepman, known as the father of the Texas sheep business. Kendall County, Texas is named for him. In 1837, Kendall and Francis Lumsden established The New Orleans Picayune newspaper. By 1838, the paper had extended its coverage to the Republic of Texas. Kendall was given a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1989, Marker number 2169, as a gravestone. During the Civil War, Kendall produced wool for Confederate uniforms and blankets."
tagline: "American journalist and pioneer Texas sheepman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Wilkins_Kendall_(1809-1867)_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1809-08-22"
deathDate: "1867-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.8
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.672714666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wilkins_Kendall"
    title: "George Wilkins Kendall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جورج ويلكينز كيندال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج ويلكينز كيندال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wilkins_Kendall"
    title: "George Wilkins Kendall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Kendall"
    title: "George W. Kendall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Kendall"
    title: "George W. Kendall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101979"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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