# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-price
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:09:46.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-price"
name: "James Price"
slug: "james-price"
description: "James Price, born James Higginbotham, was an English chemist and alchemist who claimed to be able to turn mercury into silver or gold. When challenged to perform the conversion a second time in front of credible witnesses, he instead killed himself by drinking prussic acid."
tagline: "English chemist and alchemist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Price_(chemist).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1757"
deathDate: "1783-07-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.355905333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Прайс, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3_(%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "جيمس برايس (كيميائى من مملكه بريطانيا العظمى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceyms_Prays_(kimya%C3%A7%C4%B1)"
    title: "Ceyms Prays (kimyaçı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Price_(chemist)"
    title: "James Price (chemist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Price"
    title: "James Price"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Price_(alchimista)"
    title: "James Price (alchimista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Price"
    title: "James Price"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3806705"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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