# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-jardine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:11:19.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-jardine"
name: "William Jardine"
slug: "william-jardine"
description: "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."
tagline: "British businessman and politician (1784-1843)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_William_Jardine_by_George_Chinnery.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1784-02-24"
deathDate: "1843-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.61
  momentum:             1.830357142857143
  historical:           9.913004
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威廉·渣甸"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "ويليام چاردين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jardine_(Unternehmer)"
    title: "William Jardine (Unternehmer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jardine_(merchant)"
    title: "William Jardine (merchant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jardine"
    title: "William Jardine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "ویلیام جاردین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jardine"
    title: "William Jardine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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)"
    title: "ウィリアム・ジャーディン (船医)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EC%9E%90%EB%94%98"
    title: "윌리엄 자딘"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jardine_(handelsmann)"
    title: "William Jardine (handelsmann)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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