# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-penny
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:08:48.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-penny"
name: "William Penny"
slug: "william-penny"
description: "Captain William Penny (1809–1892) was a Scottish shipmaster, whaler and Arctic explorer. He undertook the first maritime search for the ships of Sir John Franklin. In 1840, Penny established the first whaling station in the Cumberland Sound area on Kekerten Island."
tagline: "Scottish shipmaster, whaler and arctic explorer (1809-1892)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Penny_by_Stephen_Pearce.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1809-07-12"
deathDate: "1892-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.43
  momentum:             2.790697674418605
  historical:           4.60684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Уилям Пени"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penny"
    title: "William Penny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penny"
    title: "William Penny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penny"
    title: "William Penny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penny"
    title: "William Penny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329291"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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