# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-wharton-james
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:39:54.670Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-wharton-james"
name: "George Wharton James"
slug: "george-wharton-james"
description: "George Wharton James (27 September 1858 – 8 November 1923 was an American popular lecturer, photographer, journalist and editor. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he emigrated to the United States as a young man after being ordained as a Methodist minister."
tagline: "American lecturer, photographer and journalist (1858–1923)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_the_photographer_George_Wharton_James%2C_ca.1890-1905_(CHS-3994).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1858-09-27"
deathDate: "1923-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.12
  momentum:             0.25
  historical:           5.472570666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wharton_James"
    title: "George Wharton James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "جورج وارتون جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "جورج وارتون جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%B9%D9%86_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "جارج وارٹن جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wharton_James"
    title: "George Wharton James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wharton_James"
    title: "George Wharton James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3102007"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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