# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-bisset
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:50.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-bisset"
name: "James Bisset"
slug: "james-bisset"
description: "James Bisset was an architect and civil engineer of the Cape Colony, responsible for many of the Cape's early buildings and communications infrastructure. He was also Mayor of Wynberg, South Africa."
tagline: "South African engineer and architect (1836-1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cllr_James_Bisset_-_Kenilworth_Cape_Town.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1836-10-14"
deathDate: "1919-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.54
  momentum:             12.41666666666667
  historical:           4.867566666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bisset_(mayor)"
    title: "James Bisset (mayor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bisset"
    title: "James Bisset"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "چيمس بيسيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%B9_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1)"
    title: "جیمز بسیٹ (میئر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bisset_(mayor)"
    title: "James Bisset (mayor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bisset_(mayor)"
    title: "James Bisset (mayor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16043643"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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