# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-nasmyth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:59:46.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-nasmyth"
name: "James Nasmyth"
slug: "james-nasmyth"
description: "James Hall Nasmyth was a Scottish engineer, philosopher, artist and inventor famous for his development of the steam hammer. He was the co-founder of Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company manufacturers of machine tools. He retired at the age of 48, and moved to Penshurst, Kent where he developed his hobbies of astronomy and photography."
tagline: "Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor (1808–1890)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Hall_Nasmyth_by_George_Bernard_O'Neill.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1808-08-19"
deathDate: "1890-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.50511466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump