# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-chalmers-burns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:49:21.584Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-chalmers-burns"
name: "William Chalmers Burns"
slug: "william-chalmers-burns"
description: "William Chalmers Burns was a Scottish evangelist and missionary to China with the English Presbyterian Mission who originated from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. He was the coordinator of the overseas missions for the English Presbyterian church. He became a well-known evangelist through his participation in two periodic Anglo-American religious revivals."
tagline: "Missionary in China (1815-1868)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_C_Burns.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1815-04-01"
deathDate: "1868-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           6.551513333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "賓惠廉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chalmers_Burns"
    title: "William Chalmers Burns"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chalmers_Burns"
    title: "William Chalmers Burns"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chalmers_Burns"
    title: "William Chalmers Burns"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chalmers_Burns"
    title: "William Chalmers Burns"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chalmers_Burns"
    title: "William Chalmers Burns"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chalmers_Burns"
    title: "William Chalmers Burns"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706360"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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