# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-kingsford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:55:18.111Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-kingsford"
name: "William Kingsford"
slug: "william-kingsford"
description: "William Kingsford was an English-born Canadian historian and civil engineer. He is best known for his History of Canada in 10 volumes (1887–1898), which was widely read by both the upper middle class and Anglophone teachers."
tagline: "Canadian historian (1819–1898)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1819-12-23"
deathDate: "1898-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.98
  momentum:             8.88888888888889
  historical:           4.601836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ويليام كينجسفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kingsford"
    title: "William Kingsford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kingsford"
    title: "William Kingsford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kingsford"
    title: "William Kingsford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kingsford"
    title: "William Kingsford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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