# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-balfour
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:02.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-balfour"
name: "James Balfour"
slug: "james-balfour"
description: "James Melville Balfour was a Scottish-born New Zealand marine engineer. He is best remembered for the network of lighthouses that he designed. Balfour was a highly energetic man, who despite drowning after only six years in the country, has left a list of projects either designed or constructed by him. He was initially employed by the Otago Provincial Council before his appointment by the Government of New Zealand as the colonial marine engineer."
tagline: "New Zealand engineer (1831–1869)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1831-06-02"
deathDate: "1869-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.137185333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيمس بلفور (مهندس مدني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Balfour_(Ingenieur)"
    title: "James Balfour (Ingenieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Balfour_(engineer)"
    title: "James Balfour (engineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%82%A2_(%E5%B7%A5%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85)"
    title: "ジェームズ・バルフォア (工学者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1481909"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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