# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-gall
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:19:03.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-gall"
name: "James Gall"
slug: "james-gall"
description: "James Gall was a Scottish clergyman who founded the Carrubbers Close Mission. He was also a cartographer, publisher, sculptor, astronomer and author. In cartography he gives his name to three different map projections: Gall stereographic; Gall isographic; and Gall orthographic."
tagline: "British priest (1808–1895)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Gall_(1808%E2%80%931895)_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1808"
deathDate: "1895"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.03
  momentum:             15.26119402985075
  historical:           6.543233333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E9%AB%98%E5%B0%94"
    title: "詹姆斯·高尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جيمس غال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gall"
    title: "James Gall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gall"
    title: "James Gall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gall"
    title: "James Gall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AC"
    title: "Ջեյմս Գալլ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Галл, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4132672"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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