# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-r-powell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:04:14.407Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-r-powell"
name: "James R. Powell"
slug: "james-r-powell"
description: "James R. Powell was an American physicist, notable – together with Gordon Danby – for his work on superconducting maglev, for which he shared the Franklin Institute \"Medal 2000 for Engineering\". He was a director of the MAGLEV 2000 of Florida Corporation and Danby Powell Maglev Technology Corporation."
tagline: "American physicist (?–2019)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "2000"
deathDate: "2019-05-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.004212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جيمس ر. باول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Powell_(physicist)"
    title: "James R. Powell (physicist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز آر پاول"
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    title: "ג'יימס פאוול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Powell"
    title: "James R. Powell"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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