# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-weddell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:47:11.142Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-weddell"
name: "James Weddell"
slug: "james-weddell"
description: "James Weddell was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S, a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle, and into a region of the Southern Ocean that later became known as the Weddell Sea."
tagline: "British Antarctic explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Weddell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1787-08-24"
deathDate: "1834-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump