# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-william-ross
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:34:57.064Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-william-ross"
name: "George William Ross"
slug: "george-william-ross"
description: "Sir George William Ross was an educator and politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the fifth premier of Ontario from 1899 to 1905. He previously served as Ontario’s minister of education from 1883 to 1899, overseeing major expansion and centralization of the provincial school system."
tagline: "Canadian politician and Premier of Ontario (1841-1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Honourable_GW_Ross%2C_Prime_Minister_for_Ontario_(HS85-10-12129).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1841-09-18"
deathDate: "1914-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.674082666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Ross"
    title: "George William Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جورج ويليام روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جورج ويليام روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Ross"
    title: "George William Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Ross"
    title: "George William Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Ross"
    title: "George William Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553340"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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