# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-cox
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:20:06.200Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-cox"
name: "James Cox"
slug: "james-cox"
description: "James Cox was a British jeweller, goldsmith and entrepreneur and the proprietor of Cox's Museum. He is now best known for creating ingenious automata and mechanical clocks, including Cox's timepiece, powered by atmospheric pressure, the Peacock Clock and the Silver Swan."
tagline: "British jeweler (1723–1800)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/James_Cox_-_N%C3%A9cessaire_with_a_Watch_-_Walters_58238_-_Three_Quarter.jpg/330px-James_Cox_-_N%C3%A9cessaire_with_a_Watch_-_Walters_58238_-_Three_Quarter.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1723"
deathDate: "1800"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.44
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.568001333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Джеймс Кокс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3_(%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%BA_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "جيمس كوكس (صايغ من مملكه بريطانيا العظمى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cox_(Uhrmacher)"
    title: "James Cox (Uhrmacher)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cox_(inventor)"
    title: "James Cox (inventor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cox_(horloger)"
    title: "James Cox (horloger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cox_(uitvinder)"
    title: "James Cox (uitvinder)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Кокс, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525447"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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