# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ellis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:44:30.792Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ellis"
name: "William Ellis"
slug: "william-ellis"
description: "William Ellis was a British missionary and writer. He travelled through the Society Islands, Hawaiian Islands, and Madagascar, and wrote several books describing his experiences."
tagline: "English missionary and author (1794–1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Revd._William_Ellis%2C_Hoddesdon%2C_Herts._painted_by_W._Gush%3B_engraved_by_J._Cochran.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1794-08-29"
deathDate: "1872-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.879770666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellis"
    title: "William Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "وليام اليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellis"
    title: "William Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellis"
    title: "William Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellis_(British_missionary)"
    title: "William Ellis (British missionary)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellis_(missionnaire)"
    title: "William Ellis (missionnaire)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "ויליאם אליס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellis"
    title: "William Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellis_(misionar)"
    title: "William Ellis (misionar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719525"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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