# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-burnet
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:28:46.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-burnet"
name: "William Burnet"
slug: "william-burnet"
description: "William Burnet was a British civil servant and colonial administrator who served as governor of New York and New Jersey (1720–1728) and Massachusetts and New Hampshire (1728–1729). Born into a position of privilege, Burnet was well-educated, tutored among others by Isaac Newton."
tagline: "British governor of New York and New Jersey"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamBurnetByJohnWatson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1688"
deathDate: "1729-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.69
  momentum:             6.153846153846153
  historical:           5.007092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burnet_(Politiker%2C_1688)"
    title: "William Burnet (Politiker, 1688)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burnet_(colonial_administrator)"
    title: "William Burnet (colonial administrator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88_(%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "ウィリアム・バーネット (政治家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EB%B2%84%EB%84%B7"
    title: "윌리엄 버넷"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Бёрнет, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8006177"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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