# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-crafts
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:29:08.873Z

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name: "James Crafts"
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description: "James Mason Crafts was an American chemist, mostly known for developing the Friedel–Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions with Charles Friedel in 1876. A research chemist for most of his career, Crafts also served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1898 to 1900."
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birthDate: "1839-03-08"
deathDate: "1917-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump