# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edmund-j-james
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:24:35.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edmund-j-james"
name: "Edmund J. James"
slug: "edmund-j-james"
description: "Edmund Janes James was an American academic, president of the University of Illinois from 1904 to 1920, and the primary founder, first president and first editor for the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He also served as the 7th president of Northwestern University from 1902 to 1904."
tagline: "American economist, professor, and university administrator (1855-1925)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edmund_Janes_James.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1855-05-21"
deathDate: "1925-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.471274666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_J._James"
    title: "Edmund J. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "إدموند جاي جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادموند جاى جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Джеймс, Эдмунд Джейнс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_J._James"
    title: "Edmund J. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%A4%D5%B4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A4_%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD"
    title: "Էդմունդ Ջեյմս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5339580"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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