# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:09:11.313Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-west"
name: "James West"
slug: "james-west"
description: "James West FRS was a British politician and antiquary who served as president of the Royal Society from 1768 to 1772."
tagline: "Politician and antiquary, President of the Royal Society (1703–1772)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_West_1703-1772.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1703-05-02"
deathDate: "1772-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.21
  momentum:             10.87198515769944
  historical:           5.470662666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_West_(antiquaire)"
    title: "James West (antiquaire)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F_(%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6)"
    title: "জেমস ওয়েস্ট (পুরাকীর্তিবিদ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_West_(antiquary)"
    title: "James West (antiquary)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_West"
    title: "James West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Вест, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_West_(zgodovinar)"
    title: "James West (zgodovinar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6145348"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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