# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-basire
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:00:48.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-basire"
name: "James Basire"
slug: "james-basire"
description: "James Basire, also known as James Basire Sr., was a British engraver. He is the most significant of a family of engravers, and noted for his apprenticing of the young William Blake."
tagline: "British engraver (1730-1802)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Basire%2C_PA05547.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Designers"
  slug: "designers"
profileType:
  name: "Designer"
  slug: "designer"
birthDate: "1730-10-06"
deathDate: "1802-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.407272
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جيمس باسير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Basire"
    title: "James Basire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Basire"
    title: "James Basire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Basire"
    title: "James Basire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Basire"
    title: "James Basire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3656063"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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