# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-milne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:43:43.431Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-milne"
name: "William Milne"
slug: "william-milne"
description: "William Milne was the second Protestant missionary sent by the London Missionary Society to China, after his colleague, Robert Morrison. Milne served as pastor of Christ Church, Malacca, a member of Ultra-Ganges Missions, the first Principal of Anglo-Chinese College, and chief editor of two missionary magazines: Indo-Chinese Gleaner (English), and Chinese Monthly Magazine (察世俗每月統記傳). Due to Milne's distinguished role in his missionary field, the University of Glasgow granted him a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) in 1820."
tagline: "Missionary in China"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Wm._Milne_D.D.%2C_late_missionary_to_the_Chinese_(4669847).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1785"
deathDate: "1822-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.485782666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Milne_(missionary)"
    title: "William Milne (missionary)"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام ميلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Milne"
    title: "William Milne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B1%B3%E6%86%90"
    title: "米憐"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Milne_(missionnaire)"
    title: "William Milne (missionnaire)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Milne"
    title: "William Milne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4208411"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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