# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-gilbert-rees
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:53:16.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-gilbert-rees"
name: "William Gilbert Rees"
slug: "william-gilbert-rees"
description: "William Gilbert Rees was an explorer, surveyor, and early settler in Central Otago, New Zealand. He and fellow explorer Nicholas von Tunzelmann were the first Europeans to settle the Wakatipu basin. Rees is regarded as the founder of Queenstown."
tagline: "Founder of Queenstown, New Zealand (1827-1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Gilbert_Rees%2C_July_1853.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1827-04-06"
deathDate: "1898-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.7317073170731706
  historical:           6.144205333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ولیم گلبرٹ ریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ويليام جيلبيرت ريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gilbert_Rees"
    title: "William Gilbert Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gilbert_Rees"
    title: "William Gilbert Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gilbert_Rees"
    title: "William Gilbert Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gilbert_Rees"
    title: "William Gilbert Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gilbert_Rees"
    title: "William Gilbert Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8009876"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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