# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-payn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:34:02.642Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-payn"
name: "James Payn"
slug: "james-payn"
description: "James Payn was an English novelist and editor. Among the periodicals he edited were Chambers's Journal in Edinburgh and the Cornhill Magazine in London."
tagline: "English novelist and editor (1830–1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Picture_of_James_Payn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1830-02-28"
deathDate: "1898-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.12
  momentum:             8.4
  historical:           4.604572
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Payn"
    title: "James Payn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Payn"
    title: "James Payn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Payn"
    title: "James Payn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Payn"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Payn"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6141084"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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