# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-webb
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:57:46.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-webb"
name: "James Webb"
slug: "james-webb"
description: "James Charles Napier Webb was a Scottish historian and biographer. He was born in Edinburgh, and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is remembered primarily for his books The Harmonious Circle, The Occult Underground, and The Occult Establishment. He has been characterised as \"an important pioneer in the academic study of Western esotericism\"."
tagline: "Scottish historian and biographer (1946-1980)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946-01-13"
deathDate: "1980-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.38
  momentum:             7.808219178082189
  historical:           5.679806666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_(Historiker)"
    title: "James Webb (Historiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%AE)"
    title: "جيمس ويب (مؤرخ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%AE_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "جيمس ويب (مؤرخ من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A8_(%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "جیمز ویب (تاریخدان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_(historian)"
    title: "James Webb (historian)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_(historiador)"
    title: "James Webb (historiador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1681283"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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