# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philip-gidley-king
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:27:22.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philip-gidley-king"
name: "Philip Gidley King"
slug: "philip-gidley-king"
description: "Captain Philip Gidley King was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New South Wales from 1800 to 1806. When the First Fleet arrived in January 1788, King was detailed to colonise Norfolk Island for defence and foraging purposes. As Governor of New South Wales, he helped develop livestock farming, whaling and mining, built many schools and launched the colony's first newspaper. But conflicts with the military wore down his spirit, and they were able to force his resignation. King Street in the Sydney CBD is named in his honour."
tagline: "British Colonial governor (1758-1808)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip_Gidley_King_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_12992.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1758-04-23"
deathDate: "1808-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.05
  momentum:             0.195578231292517
  historical:           10.97649733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Philip Gidley King"
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    title: "Philip Gidley King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Gidley_King"
    title: "Philip Gidley King"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Gidley_King"
    title: "Philip Gidley King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Philip Gidley King"
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    title: "Philip Gidley King"
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  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Gidley_King"
    title: "Philip Gidley King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "פיליפ גידלי קינג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Филип Гидли Кинг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Gidley_King"
    title: "Philip Gidley King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Gidley_King"
    title: "Philip Gidley King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кинг, Филип Гидли"
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    title: "Philip Gidley King"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump