# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacques-besson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:56:24.515Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacques-besson"
name: "Jacques Besson"
slug: "jacques-besson"
description: "Jacques Besson (1540?–1573) was a French Protestant inventor, mathematician, and philosopher, chiefly remembered for his popular treatise on machines Theatrum Instrumentorum (1571–1572), which saw many reprints in different languages."
tagline: "French inventor and engineer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Cosmolabe%2C_Jacques_Besson%2C_1567.jpg/330px-Cosmolabe%2C_Jacques_Besson%2C_1567.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1540"
deathDate: "1573"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.026431718061674
  historical:           8.076494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jacques Besson"
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    title: "جاك بيسون"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Besson_(Ingenieur)"
    title: "Jacques Besson (Ingenieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Besson"
    title: "Jacques Besson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Besson"
    title: "Jacques Besson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Besson"
    title: "Jacques Besson"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Besson"
    title: "Jacques Besson"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Besson"
    title: "Jacques Besson"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369025"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump