# William Wales

> William Wales was a British mathematician and astronomer who sailed on Captain Cook's second voyage of discovery, then became Master of the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital and a Fellow of the Royal Society.

*British astronomer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-wales

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1734
- **Died:** 1798-12-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William Wales](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wales)
- [وليام ويلز](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2)
- [William Wales](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wales)
- [William Wales](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wales)
- [William Wales (astronomer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wales_(astronomer))
- [William Wales](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wales)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432189)

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