# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-paris-lee
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:26:48.004Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-paris-lee"
name: "James Paris Lee"
slug: "james-paris-lee"
description: "James Paris Lee was a British Canadian inventor and arms designer. He is best known for having invented the Lee Model 1879 rifle, which is the first bolt-action detachable box magazine-fed rifle. These features would be incorporated into more successful repeating rifle designs later on, such as in the Lee–Metford and Lee–Enfield rifle series."
tagline: "British firearms designer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesParisLeePortrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1831-08-09"
deathDate: "1904-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.13
  momentum:             3.528836527043704
  historical:           7.255584000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Paris Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "جيمس باريس لي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Paris_Lee"
    title: "James Paris Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Paris_Lee"
    title: "James Paris Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Paris_Lee"
    title: "James Paris Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Paris_Lee"
    title: "James Paris Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Paris_Lee"
    title: "James Paris Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Paris_Lee"
    title: "James Paris Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11716784"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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