# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/watkin-tench
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:32:15.669Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/watkin-tench"
name: "Watkin Tench"
slug: "watkin-tench"
description: "Lieutenant-General Watkin Tench was a British military officer who is best known for publishing two books describing his experiences in the First Fleet, which established the first European settlement in Australia in 1788. His two accounts, Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson provide an account of the arrival and first four years of the colony."
tagline: "Royal Marines general (1758-1833)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Watkin_tench.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1758-11-06"
deathDate: "1833-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.01
  momentum:             5.070969970921026
  historical:           7.896006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "沃特金·坦奇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watkin_Tench"
    title: "Watkin Tench"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watkin_Tench"
    title: "Watkin Tench"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%86%DA%86"
    title: "واتکین تنچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watkin_Tench"
    title: "Watkin Tench"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watkin_Tench"
    title: "Watkin Tench"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watkin_Tench"
    title: "Watkin Tench"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%B8%D5%A9%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D4%B9%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%B9"
    title: "Ուոթքին Թենչ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%87"
    title: "Уоткин Тенч"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3566721"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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