# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-wimshurst
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:49:06.530Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-wimshurst"
name: "James Wimshurst"
slug: "james-wimshurst"
description: "James Wimshurst was an English inventor, engineer and shipwright. Though Wimshurst did not patent his machines and the various improvements that he made to them, his refinements to the electrostatic generator led to its becoming widely known as the Wimshurst machine."
tagline: "English inventor, engineer and shipwright"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jameswimshurst.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1832-04-13"
deathDate: "1903-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.49
  momentum:             2.916666666666668
  historical:           12.012276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Wimshurst"
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    title: "James Wimshurst"
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    title: "James Wimshurst"
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    title: "James Wimshurst"
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    title: "James Wimshurst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Wimshurst"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump