# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-e-gordon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:25:13.995Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-e-gordon"
name: "J. E. Gordon"
slug: "j-e-gordon"
description: "James Edward Gordon was a materials scientist and biomechanical engineer who is considered to be one of the founders of materials science and biomechanics. He was a professor of materials science at the University of Reading, and authored three books on structures and materials, which have been translated into many languages and are still widely used in schools and universities."
tagline: "Materials scientist (1913–1998)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1913"
deathDate: "1998"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.97
  momentum:             4.197952218430035
  historical:           5.281642666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Edward Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Gordon"
    title: "James Edward Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._E._Gordon"
    title: "J. E. Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._E._Gordon"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Gordon"
    title: "James Edward Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Gordon"
    title: "James Edward Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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