# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-douglas-14th-earl-of-morton
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:26:41.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-douglas-14th-earl-of-morton"
name: "James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton"
slug: "james-douglas-14th-earl-of-morton"
description: "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."
tagline: "Scottish peer and astronomer (1702-1768)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Douglas_Davison_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1702"
deathDate: "1768-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3258145363408521
  historical:           7.214832
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Douglas, 14. Earl of Morton"
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    title: "James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas_(14e_comte_de_Morton)"
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    title: "Дуглас, Джеймс, 14-й граф Мортон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump