# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-meares
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:21:30.708Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-meares"
name: "John Meares"
slug: "john-meares"
description: "John Meares was an Irish navigator, explorer, and maritime fur trader in service of Great Britain during the late 18th century. He is best known for his voyages to the Pacific Northwest; and from his base in Canton he was deeply involved in organising a private network of British trade in China and the wider Pacific outside of the monopoly of the East India Company. His activities precipitated the Nootka Crisis, which brought Britain and Spain to the brink of war. He is also known for his early efforts to open up trade between feudal Japan and Great Britain."
tagline: "British navigator, explorer and fur trader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Meares.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1756"
deathDate: "1809"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.74
  momentum:             2.740384615384615
  historical:           5.032004
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "جون ميرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meares"
    title: "John Meares"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meares"
    title: "John Meares"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meares"
    title: "John Meares"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meares"
    title: "John Meares"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701050"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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