# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-montgomery
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:39:58.843Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-montgomery"
name: "James Montgomery"
slug: "james-montgomery"
description: "James Montgomery was a Scottish-born hymn writer, poet and editor, who eventually settled in Sheffield. He was raised in the Moravian Church and theologically trained there, so that his writings often reflect concern for humanitarian causes, such as the abolition of slavery and the exploitation of child chimney sweeps."
tagline: "British poet and writer (1771–1854)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_James_Montgomery_Esq_(4672641).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1771-11-04"
deathDate: "1854-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.72
  momentum:             0.75
  historical:           11.223904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/931721"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Montgomery"
    title: "James Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Montgomery"
    title: "James Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Montgomery_(poet)"
    title: "James Montgomery (poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Montgomery"
    title: "James Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Montgomery"
    title: "James Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Montgomery_(poeta)"
    title: "James Montgomery (poeta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA"
    title: "ジェームズ・モントゴメリ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Montgomery"
    title: "James Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Montgomery_(poet)"
    title: "James Montgomery (poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E8%92%99%E5%93%A5%E9%A9%AC%E5%88%A9"
    title: "詹姆斯·蒙哥马利"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Montgomery_(poet)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Montgomery"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b883da3b-7235-442d-9449-c96aaa264af5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3269483"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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