# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-pearce-howland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:23:10.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-pearce-howland"
name: "William Pearce Howland"
slug: "william-pearce-howland"
description: "Sir William Pearce Howland, was a Canadian politician who served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, from 1868 to 1873. As a member of the Executive Council of the Province of Canada from November 1864 to 1867, he was one of the Fathers of Confederation who attended the London Conference of 1866."
tagline: "Father of Confederation of Canada, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1811-1907)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamPearceHowland23.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1811-05-29"
deathDate: "1907-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.64
  momentum:             5.333333333333333
  historical:           4.807524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ويليام بيرس هاولاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ويليام پايرس هولاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pearce_Howland"
    title: "William Pearce Howland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pearce_Howland"
    title: "William Pearce Howland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pearce_Howland"
    title: "William Pearce Howland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278047"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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