# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-henry-greathead
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:05:06.602Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-henry-greathead"
name: "James Henry Greathead"
slug: "james-henry-greathead"
description: "James Henry Greathead was an English mechanical and civil engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground railways, Winchester Cathedral, and Liverpool overhead railway, as well as being one of the earliest proponents of the English Channel, Irish Sea and Bristol Channel tunnels. His invention is also the reason that the London Underground is colloquially named the \"Tube\"."
tagline: "British civil engineer (1844-1896)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Henry_Greathead.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1844-08-06"
deathDate: "1896-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.951225333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Грейтхед, Джеймс Генри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Henry Greathead"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Greathead"
    title: "James Henry Greathead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Greathead"
    title: "James Henry Greathead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Greathead"
    title: "James Henry Greathead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Greathead"
    title: "James Henry Greathead"
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    title: "James Henry Greathead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Greathead"
    title: "James Henry Greathead"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741170"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump