# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-s-white
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:06:48.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-s-white"
name: "James S. White"
slug: "james-s-white"
description: "James Springer White, also known as Elder White, was a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the husband of Ellen G. White. In 1849, he started the first Sabbatarian Adventist periodical entitled The Present Truth, in 1855 he relocated the fledgling center of the movement to Battle Creek, Michigan, and in 1863 played a pivotal role in the formal organization of the denomination. He later played a major role in the development of the Adventist educational structure beginning in 1874 with the formation of Battle Creek College."
tagline: "American publisher, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1821–1881)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_White_(1864).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1821-08-04"
deathDate: "1881-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump