# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-bruce
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:46:30.605Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-bruce"
name: "Jacob Bruce"
slug: "jacob-bruce"
description: "Count James or Jacob Daniel Bruce was a Russian general, statesman, diplomat and scientist of Scottish descent, one of the chief associates of Peter the Great; Bruce was president of the Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing from 1717 to 1722, and president of the Collegium of Mining from 1722 to 1726. He was the younger brother of Robert Bruce, the first High Commandant of Saint Petersburg."
tagline: "Russian nobleman, field marshal and astronomer of Scottish descent (1669–1735)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob_Daniel_Bruce.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1669-05-01"
deathDate: "1735-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.318611987381704
  historical:           13.28431733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Брюс Яків Вілімович"
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    title: "Якаў Вілімавіч Брус"
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    title: "Jacob Daniel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jacob Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jakobo Brjus"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Bruce"
    title: "Jacob Bruce"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Brjus"
    title: "Jakov Brjus"
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    title: "Jakub Bruce"
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    title: "ஜேம்சு புரூசு"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump