# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-bates-thurston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:26:07.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-bates-thurston"
name: "John Bates Thurston"
slug: "john-bates-thurston"
description: "Sir John Bates Thurston was a British colonial official who served Fiji in a variety of capacities, including Premier of the Kingdom of Viti and later as colonial Governor."
tagline: "Governor of Fiji"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Bates_Thurston_(1836%E2%80%931897).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1836-01-31"
deathDate: "1897-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.63
  momentum:             15.81081081081081
  historical:           5.672426666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bates_Thurston"
    title: "John Bates Thurston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون بيتس ثورستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bates_Thurston"
    title: "John Bates Thurston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%81"
    title: "Терстон, Джон Бейтс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thurston"
    title: "John Thurston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bates_Thurston"
    title: "John Bates Thurston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6221079"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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