# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-septimus-roe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:32:34.220Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-septimus-roe"
name: "John Septimus Roe"
slug: "john-septimus-roe"
description: "John Septimus Roe was the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. He was a renowned explorer, a member of Western Australia's legislative and executive councils for nearly 40 years, but also a participant in the Pinjarra massacre on 28 October 1834."
tagline: "First Surveyor-General of Western Australia and explorer (1797-1878)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Septimus_Roe_1824.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1797-05-08"
deathDate: "1878-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.5
  momentum:             1.043478260869565
  historical:           5.686790666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John Septimus Roe"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Septimus_Roe"
    title: "John Septimus Roe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Septimus_Roe"
    title: "John Septimus Roe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Septimus_Roe"
    title: "John Septimus Roe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Septimus_Roe"
    title: "John Septimus Roe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Ро, Джон Септимус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701718"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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