# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-ferguson-q445158
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:24:11.647Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-ferguson-q445158"
name: "James Ferguson"
slug: "james-ferguson-q445158"
description: "James Ferguson was a Scottish-born American astronomer and engineer, who made the first discovery of an asteroid from North America."
tagline: "American astronomer (1797–1867)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Ferguson_(astronomer).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1797-08-31"
deathDate: "1867-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.13966933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Ferguson"
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    title: "James Ferguson (astronom)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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