# James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton

> James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, KT, FRS was a Scottish peer and astronomer who was president of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death in 1768. He also became president of the Royal Society on 24 March 1764, and was a distinguished patron of science, and particularly of astronomy.

*Scottish peer and astronomer (1702-1768)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1702
- **Died:** 1768-10-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas%2C_14th_Earl_of_Morton)
- [جيمس دوغلاس إيرل مورتون الرابع عشر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9_%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1)
- [جيمس دوجلاس (عالم فلك من مملكه بريطانيا العظمى)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%83_%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))
- [James Douglas, 14. Earl of Morton](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas%2C_14._Earl_of_Morton)
- [James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas%2C_14th_Earl_of_Morton)
- [James Douglas (14e comte de Morton)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas_(14e_comte_de_Morton))
- [ジェイムズ・ダグラス (第14代モートン伯爵)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9_(%E7%AC%AC14%E4%BB%A3%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5))
- [Дуглас, Джеймс, 14-й граф Мортон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_14-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377335)

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