# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-marr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:11:01.156Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-marr"
name: "James Marr"
slug: "james-marr"
description: "James William Slessor Marr was a Scottish marine biologist and polar explorer. He was leader of the World War II British Antarctic Expedition Operation Tabarin during its first year, 1943–1945."
tagline: "Scottish marine biologist and polar explorer (1902–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Operation_Tabarin._James_Marr_(BAS_AD6_1_19_A55_cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1902"
deathDate: "1965-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.736242884250474
  historical:           8.072822666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80"
    title: "Джеймс Марр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marr"
    title: "James Marr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marr_(biologist)"
    title: "James Marr (biologist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marr"
    title: "James Marr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marr_(biologiste)"
    title: "James Marr (biologiste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marr"
    title: "James Marr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marr"
    title: "James Marr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_William_Slessor_Marr"
    title: "James William Slessor Marr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Марр, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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