# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-grant-stairs
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:02:04.980Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-grant-stairs"
name: "William Grant Stairs"
slug: "william-grant-stairs"
description: "William Grant Stairs was a Canadian-British explorer, soldier, and adventurer who had a leading role in two expeditions during the Scramble for Africa."
tagline: "Canadian-British explorer, soldier, and adventurer (1863–1892)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Capt._William_Grant_Stairs.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1863-07-01"
deathDate: "1892-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.75
  momentum:             8.064516129032256
  historical:           7.215048
  currentAttention:     44.80286738351253
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Вільям Грант Стейрс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stairs"
    title: "William Stairs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grant_Stairs"
    title: "William Grant Stairs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grant_Stairs"
    title: "William Grant Stairs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grant_Stairs"
    title: "William Grant Stairs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%98_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A1"
    title: "ויליאם גרנט סטיירס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grant_Stairs"
    title: "William Grant Stairs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82"
    title: "Стейрс, Уильям Грант"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568667"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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