# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-grant-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:54:21.920Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-grant-wilson"
name: "James Grant Wilson"
slug: "james-grant-wilson"
description: "James Grant Wilson was an American editor, author, bookseller and publisher, who founded the Chicago Record in 1857, the first literary paper in that region. During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Union Army. In recognition of his service, in 1867, he was named brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865. He settled in New York, where he edited biographies and histories, was a public speaker, and served as president of the Society of American Authors and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society."
tagline: "Union Army general, and publisher (1832–1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Grant_Wilson_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1832-04-28"
deathDate: "1914-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.470734666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Grant_Wilson"
    title: "James Grant Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس غرانت ويلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%AE_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "جيمس ويلسون (مؤرخ من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Grant_Wilson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جیمز گرنت ویلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Grant_Wilson"
    title: "James Grant Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12975453"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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