# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-puckle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:09:42.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-puckle"
name: "James Puckle"
slug: "james-puckle"
description: "James Puckle (1667–1724) was an English inventor, lawyer and writer from London chiefly remembered for his invention of the Defence Gun, better known as the Puckle gun, a multi-shot gun mounted on a stand capable of firing up to nine rounds per minute. The Puckle gun is one of the first weapons referred to as a machine gun and resembles a large revolver."
tagline: "British firearm designer (1677–1724)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Puckle%2C_1713.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1667"
deathDate: "1724"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.67
  momentum:             4.852941176470587
  historical:           5.013536
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84"
    title: "جيمس باكل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Puckle"
    title: "James Puckle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Puckle"
    title: "James Puckle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Puckle"
    title: "James Puckle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Джеймс Пакл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13446971"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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