# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mcgill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:56:19.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mcgill"
name: "James McGill"
slug: "james-mcgill"
description: "James McGill was a Scottish-born businessman, politician, slaveholder, and philanthropist best known for being the founder of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Montreal West and appointed to the Executive Council of Lower Canada in 1792. He was an honorary lieutenant colonel of the 1st Battalion, Montreal Militia, a predecessor unit of The Canadian Grenadier Guards. He was also a prominent member of the Château Clique and one of the original founding members of the Beaver Club. His summer home stood within the Golden Square Mile."
tagline: "Founder of McGill University, Montreal (1744-1813)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_McGill.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1744-10-06"
deathDate: "1813-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.276399347784322
  historical:           9.68604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "詹姆士·麦基尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James McGill"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGill"
    title: "James McGill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز مک‌گیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGill"
    title: "James McGill"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGill"
    title: "James McGill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGill"
    title: "James McGill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ջեյմս ՄաքԳիլ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジェームス・マギル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мак-Гилл, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джеймс Макґілл"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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