# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-line
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:24:43.383Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-line"
name: "Francis Line"
slug: "francis-line"
description: "Francis Line, SJ, also known as Linus of Liège, was a Jesuit priest and scientist. He is known for inventing a magnetic clock. He is noted as a contemporary critic of the theories and work of Isaac Newton. He also challenged Robert Boyle and his law of gases."
tagline: "English cleric-scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whitehall_Dial_Francis_Line.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1595"
deathDate: "1675-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.49
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.536933333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Francis Line"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانسيس لاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Line"
    title: "Francis Line"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Line"
    title: "Francis Line"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Line"
    title: "Francis Line"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Line"
    title: "Francis Line"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3081557"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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