# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-laidlaw-maxwell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:52:04.817Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-laidlaw-maxwell"
name: "James Laidlaw Maxwell"
slug: "james-laidlaw-maxwell"
description: "James Laidlaw Maxwell Senior was the first Presbyterian missionary to Formosa. He served with the English Presbyterian Mission."
tagline: "British missionary (1836-1921)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E8%8B%B1%E5%9C%8B%E9%95%B7%E8%80%81%E6%95%99%E6%9C%83%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E4%BD%8D%E9%A7%90%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E5%AE%A3%E6%95%99%E5%B8%AB%E9%A6%AC%E9%9B%85%E5%90%84%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%AB%EF%BC%88James_Laidlaw_Maxwell%2C_MD).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1836-03-18"
deathDate: "1921"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.75
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           5.317498666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump