# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-short
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:13:51.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-short"
name: "James Short"
slug: "james-short"
description: "James Short FRS was a Scottish mathematician and manufacturer of optical instruments, principally telescopes. During his 35-year career as a telescope-maker he produced approximately 1,360 scientific instruments."
tagline: "British mathematician (1710-1768)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1710-06-10"
deathDate: "1768-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "詹姆斯·肖特"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Short"
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    title: "James Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Short_(mathematician)"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Short_(math%C3%A9maticien)"
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  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Short"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump