# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-bowman-lindsay
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:31:28.971Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-bowman-lindsay"
name: "James Bowman Lindsay"
slug: "james-bowman-lindsay"
description: "James Bowman Lindsay was a Scottish inventor and writer. He is credited with early developments in several fields, such as incandescent lighting and telegraphy."
tagline: "British inventor (1799-1862)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lindsay_James_Bowman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1799-09-08"
deathDate: "1862-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.28
  momentum:             18.0398322851153
  historical:           5.489058666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman_Lindsay"
    title: "James Bowman Lindsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "جيمس بومان ليندساي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman_Lindsay"
    title: "James Bowman Lindsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman_Lindsay"
    title: "James Bowman Lindsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman_Lindsay"
    title: "James Bowman Lindsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman_Lindsay"
    title: "James Bowman Lindsay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1583870"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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