# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-w-davidson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:48:53.230Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-w-davidson"
name: "James W. Davidson"
slug: "james-w-davidson"
description: "James Wheeler Davidson was an American-born Canadian businessman, diplomat, explorer, journalist, and philanthropist. He is remembered for writing The Island of Formosa, Past and Present (1903), a book on the history of Taiwan. He is also noted for greatly aiding the internationalisation of Rotary International."
tagline: "United States diplomat and businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jameswdavidson_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1872-06-14"
deathDate: "1933-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.91
  momentum:             9.056603773584905
  historical:           4.809792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جيمس دبليو. ديفيدسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس دبليو. ديفيدسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wheeler_Davidson"
    title: "James Wheeler Davidson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Davidson"
    title: "James W. Davidson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%94%E9%A3%9B%E8%81%B2"
    title: "達飛聲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13542868"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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