# William Jardine

> William Jardine was a Scottish physician, merchant and opium dealer who co-founded the Hong Kong–based conglomerate Jardine, Matheson & Co. Educated in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, in 1802 Jardine obtained a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The next year, he became a surgeon's mate aboard the Brunswick belonging to the East India Company, and set sail for India. In May 1817, he abandoned medicine for trade.

*British businessman and politician (1784-1843)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1784-02-24
- **Died:** 1843-02-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.6 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 9.9 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [威廉·渣甸](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E6%B8%A3%E7%94%B8)
- [ويليام چاردين](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86)
- [William Jardine (Unternehmer)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jardine_(Unternehmer))
- [William Jardine (merchant)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jardine_(merchant))
- [William Jardine](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jardine)
- [ویلیام جاردین](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [William Jardine](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jardine)
- [ウィリアム・ジャーディン (船医)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3_(%E8%88%B9%E5%8C%BB))
- [윌리엄 자딘](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EC%9E%90%EB%94%98)
- [William Jardine (handelsmann)](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jardine_(handelsmann))
- [Джардин, Уильям (бизнесмен)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3116136)

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