# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-croll
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:03:54.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-croll"
name: "James Croll"
slug: "james-croll"
description: "James Croll, FRS, was a Scottish scientist who developed a theory of climate variability based on changes in the Earth's orbit."
tagline: "British scientist (1821-1890)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Croll.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1821-01-02"
deathDate: "1890-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.81
  momentum:             2.727272727272728
  historical:           8.086430666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Croll"
    title: "James Croll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "جيمس كرول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Croll"
    title: "James Croll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Croll"
    title: "James Croll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Croll"
    title: "James Croll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Croll"
    title: "James Croll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Croll"
    title: "James Croll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Croll"
    title: "James Croll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Croll"
    title: "James Croll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183189"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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