# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-chalmers
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:24:32.688Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-chalmers"
name: "James Chalmers"
slug: "james-chalmers"
description: "James Chalmers was a Scottish inventor who it was claimed, by his son, was the inventor of the adhesive postage stamps."
tagline: "1782-1853; alleged Scottish inventor of the adhesive postage stamp"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Chalmers.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1782-02-02"
deathDate: "1853-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.7
  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           5.872426666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chalmers"
    title: "James Chalmers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chalmers_(Verleger)"
    title: "James Chalmers (Verleger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chalmers_(inventor)"
    title: "James Chalmers (inventor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chalmers_(uppfinnare)"
    title: "James Chalmers (uppfinnare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chalmers"
    title: "James Chalmers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Чалмерс, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346989"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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