# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-adams-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:53:01.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-adams-jr"
name: "George Adams Jr."
slug: "george-adams-jr"
description: "George Adams the younger (1750–1795) was an English scientist, optician and scientific writer. He was mathematical instrument maker to King George III of Great Britain, succeeding his father George Adams in the post. He also made globes."
tagline: "English scientist, optician, microscopist and scientific writer (1750–1795)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1750"
deathDate: "1795-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.65
  momentum:             4.660194174757282
  historical:           5.272102666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams_(scientist%2C_died_1795)"
    title: "George Adams (scientist, died 1795)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "جورج ادمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams_junior"
    title: "George Adams junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams_(fieul)"
    title: "George Adams (fieul)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams_junior"
    title: "George Adams junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams"
    title: "George Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1506819"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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