# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-john-gill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:38:30.461Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-john-gill"
name: "William John Gill"
slug: "william-john-gill"
description: "Captain William John Gill (10 September 1843 – 11 August 1882) was an English explorer and British army officer. He was born in Bangalore, India, the second child and elder son of the army officer, artist and photographer Major Robert Gill and his wife Frances Flowerdew Gill."
tagline: "English explorer (1843–1882)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/37/Portrait_of_William_Gill_by_T.B._Wirgman_%281848-1925%29_with_Gill%27s_signature_below.jpg/330px-Portrait_of_William_Gill_by_T.B._Wirgman_%281848-1925%29_with_Gill%27s_signature_below.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1843-09-10"
deathDate: "1882-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.25
  momentum:             6.653225806451613
  historical:           4.804752
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Gill"
    title: "William John Gill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gill_(explorer)"
    title: "William Gill (explorer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Gill"
    title: "William John Gill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Гилл, Уильям Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Gill"
    title: "William John Gill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1290046"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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