# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-shortland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:39:40.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-shortland"
name: "John Shortland"
slug: "john-shortland"
description: "John Shortland was an officer of the Royal Navy, the eldest son of John Shortland. Shortland joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman and went to Quebec in a transport commanded by his father. From 1783 to 1787 he served in the West Indies. In 1787 he was master's mate in HMS Sirius when the First Fleet sailed for Australia. Shortland spent nearly five years in Australia including time on Norfolk Island where Sirius was wrecked in 1790. In 1792 he returned to England."
tagline: "Royal Navy officer born 1769"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Captain_John_Shortland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1769-09-05"
deathDate: "1810-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.23
  momentum:             8.372093023255816
  historical:           5.274190666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shortland"
    title: "John Shortland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جون شورتلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%8A%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Джон Шортлънд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shortland"
    title: "John Shortland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shortland"
    title: "John Shortland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Шортленд, Джон (младший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2018147"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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