# William Buckels

> William Buckels, also known as Willem Beuckel, Willem Beuckelsz or William Buckelsson, and sometimes Willem Beuckelszoon by the Dutch, was a 14th-century fisherman from Biervliet, Zeeland, whose discovery of gibbing, a preservation process for herring, led to the Dutch becoming a maritime power.

*Dutch fisherman and inventor of herring cleaning on board of ships*

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1299
- **Died:** 1400
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 7.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 38.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Willem Beukelszoon](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Beukelszoon)
- [Willem Beukelszoon](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Beukelszoon)
- [William Buckels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buckels)
- [William Buckels](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buckels)
- [Willem Beukelszoon](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Beukelszoon)
- [Willem Beukels](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Beukels)
- [Willem Beukelszoon](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Beukelszoon)
- [Willem Beukelszoon](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Beukelszoon)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2365200)

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