# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-bicheno-francis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:53:46.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-bicheno-francis"
name: "James Bicheno Francis"
slug: "james-bicheno-francis"
description: "James Bicheno Francis was a British-American civil engineer, who invented the Francis turbine."
tagline: "American engineer (1815-1892)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1868_James_Bicheno_Francis_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1815-05-18"
deathDate: "1892-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump