# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-forbes-gatacre
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:34:45.627Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-forbes-gatacre"
name: "William Forbes Gatacre"
slug: "william-forbes-gatacre"
description: "Lieutenant-General Sir William Forbes Gatacre \n was a British Army officer who served in India and in the African continent. He commanded the British Army at the Battle of Omdurman and the 3rd Division during the first months of the Second Boer War, during which time he suffered a humiliating defeat at the Battle of Stormberg."
tagline: "British Army general (1843–1906)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Gatacre.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1843-12-03"
deathDate: "1906-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.51
  momentum:             3.63265306122449
  historical:           6.145357333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Гатакр, Уильям Форбс"
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    title: "William Forbes Gatacre"
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    title: "ويليام فوربيس جاتاكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Gatacre"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forbes_Gatacre"
    title: "William Forbes Gatacre"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump