# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-william-francis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:24:39.540Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-william-francis"
name: "George William Francis"
slug: "george-william-francis"
description: "George William Francis was an English horticulturalist and science writer. He migrated to the colony of South Australia in 1849 and became the first director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden in 1860."
tagline: "British botanist and horticulturist (1800-1865)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_William_Francis_Anson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1800"
deathDate: "1865"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.64
  momentum:             2.142857142857143
  historical:           5.268754666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "George William Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج ويليام فرنسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B3"
    title: "جارج ولیم فرانسس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Francis"
    title: "George William Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Francis"
    title: "George William Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15994447"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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