# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-sims
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:02:20.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-sims"
name: "John Sims"
slug: "john-sims"
description: "John Sims was an English medical doctor and botanist. He was born in Canterbury, Kent and was subsequently educated at the Quaker school in Burford, Oxfordshire, he then went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University. Later in life he moved to London (1766) where he worked as a physician. Notably, he was called in to assist with Princess Charlotte's labour, but mother and baby both died. He was the first editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine."
tagline: "English physician and botanist (1749–1831)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Sims_(taxonomist).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1749-10-13"
deathDate: "1831-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.16
  momentum:             4.21875
  historical:           13.34337733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Джон Сімс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "جون سيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "جون سيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Sims"
    title: "Con Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sims"
    title: "John Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sims"
    title: "John Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sims_(Botaniker)"
    title: "John Sims (Botaniker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sims_(taxonomist)"
    title: "John Sims (taxonomist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sims"
    title: "John Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sims"
    title: "John Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sims"
    title: "John Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sims"
    title: "John Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sims"
    title: "John Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Симс, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sims"
    title: "John Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sims"
    title: "John Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2430593"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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