# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-braid-q675789
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:42.305Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-braid-q675789"
name: "James Braid"
slug: "james-braid-q675789"
description: "James Braid was a Scottish surgeon, natural philosopher, and \"gentleman scientist\". \nHe was a significant innovator in the treatment of clubfoot, spinal curvature, knock-knees, bandy legs, and squint; a significant pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy, and an important and influential pioneer in the adoption of both hypnotic anaesthesia and chemical anaesthesia."
tagline: "Scottish surgeon, hypnotist, and hypnotherapist (1795–1860)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Braid%2C_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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category:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1795-06-19"
deathDate: "1860-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           21.53024266666667
  currentAttention:     67.33524355300861
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 229
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump