# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-m-browne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:39:26.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-m-browne"
name: "William M. Browne"
slug: "william-m-browne"
description: "William Montague Browne was a prominent Confederate politician and American newsman. During the American Civil War, he served as Acting Secretary of State for the Confederacy in 1862 and as a temporary brigadier general in the Confederate States Army. When he was not confirmed to that rank by the Confederate Senate, he reverted to his permanent grade of colonel."
tagline: "Confederate Army general (1823–1883)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Browne%2C_William_Montague_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1823-07-07"
deathDate: "1883-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.676710666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Browne"
    title: "William M. Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%85._%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام ام. برون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Montague_Browne"
    title: "William Montague Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Browne"
    title: "William M. Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Montague_Browne"
    title: "William Montague Browne"
    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%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ウィリアム・モンタギュー・ブラウン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2580047"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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