# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-blyth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:08:32.414Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-blyth"
name: "James Blyth"
slug: "james-blyth"
description: "James Blyth was a Scottish electrical engineer and academic at Anderson's College, now the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow. He was a pioneer in the field of electricity generation through wind power and his wind turbine, which was used to light his holiday home in Marykirk in Aberdeenshire, was the world's first-known structure by which electricity was generated from wind power. Blyth patented his design and later developed an improved model which served as an emergency power source at Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary & Dispensary for the next 30 years. Although Blyth received recognition for his contributions to science, electricity generation by wind power was considered uneconomical and no more wind turbines were built in the United Kingdom until 1951, some 64 years after Blyth built his first prototype."
tagline: "British engineer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Educators"
  slug: "educators"
profileType:
  name: "Educator"
  slug: "educator"
birthDate: "1839-04-04"
deathDate: "1906-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.79
  momentum:             1.963470319634703
  historical:           5.485530666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 246
sources:
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blyth_(injiniya)"
    title: "James Blyth (injiniya)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blyth_(Ingenieur)"
    title: "James Blyth (Ingenieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blyth_(engineer)"
    title: "James Blyth (engineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blyth_(engenheiro)"
    title: "James Blyth (engenheiro)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9_(%E6%8A%80%E8%A1%93%E8%80%85)"
    title: "ジェイムズ・ブライス (技術者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blyth"
    title: "James Blyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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