# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-walter-scott
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:47:56.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-walter-scott"
name: "John Walter Scott"
slug: "john-walter-scott"
description: "John Walter Scott of New York City, was originally from England, but he emigrated to the United States to take part in the California Gold Rush. Unsuccessful at the prospecting trade, Scott began to sell postage stamps for collectors and in a short period of time became the nation's leading stamp dealer. During his lifetime, he was known as \"The Father of American Philately\" by his fellow stamp collectors."
tagline: "American stamp dealer and philatelist (1845–1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Walter_Scott_(1845-1919)_in_1877.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1845-11-02"
deathDate: "1919-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.91
  momentum:             2.82051282051282
  historical:           5.670266666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walter_Scott"
    title: "John Walter Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "جون والتر سكوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "جون والتر سكوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Джон Волтер Скотт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walter_Scott"
    title: "John Walter Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Скотт, Джон Уолтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657994"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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