# Michael Lok

> Michael Lok was an English merchant and traveller, and the principal backer of Sir Martin Frobisher's voyages in search of the Northwest Passage He was the governor of the failed Cathay Company, formed with Frobisher in 1577.

*English merchant and traveller*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/michael-lok

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1532
- **Died:** 1620
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Michael Lok was an English merchant and traveller, and the principal backer of Sir Martin Frobisher's voyages in search of the Northwest Passage He was the governor of the failed Cathay Company, formed with Frobisher in 1577.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 3.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 43.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Michael Lok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lok)
- [Michael Lok](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lok)
- [Michael Lok](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lok)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6832294)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/michael-lok