# William Bland

> William Bland was a prominent public figure in the colony of New South Wales. A surgeon by profession, he arrived in Australia as a convict but played an important role in the early years of Australian healthcare, education and science.

*Transported convict, medical practitioner and surgeon, politician, farmer and inventor in colonial New South Wales, Australia (1789-1868)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-bland

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1789-11-05
- **Died:** 1868-07-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

William Bland was a prominent public figure in the colony of New South Wales. A surgeon by profession, he arrived in Australia as a convict but played an important role in the early years of Australian healthcare, education and science.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 2.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 7.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 58.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William Bland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bland)
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- [William Bland](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bland)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7636853)

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