# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-w-gidley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:28:46.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-w-gidley"
name: "James W. Gidley"
slug: "james-w-gidley"
description: "James Williams Gidley (1866-1931) was an American paleontologist and museum curator."
tagline: "American paleontologist (1866-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._J.W._Gidley_of_Smithsonian_Institute_with_tooth_of_extinct_elephant%2C_10-6-24_LCCN2016849571.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1866-01-07"
deathDate: "1931-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.48
  momentum:             3.035714285714285
  historical:           4.802628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Gidley"
    title: "James W. Gidley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Gidley"
    title: "James W. Gidley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williams_Gidley"
    title: "James Williams Gidley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Гидли, Джеймс Уильямс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williams_Gidley"
    title: "James Williams Gidley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4138020"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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