# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-maria-algue
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:40:19.477Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-maria-algue"
name: "José María Algué"
slug: "jose-maria-algue"
description: "José María Algué, SJ, was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and meteorologist in the observatory of Manila. He invented the barocyclonometer, the nephoscope and a kind of microseismograph. The barocyclonometer was officially adopted by the US Navy and warships of the North Atlantic Squadron were equipped with them around 1914. Father Algué was an honorary member of the Royal Society of London and the Pontificia Accademia Romana."
tagline: "Spanish Roman Catholic priest and meteorologist (1856-1930)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Algu%C3%A9.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1856-12-29"
deathDate: "1930-05-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.470698666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "José María Algué"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_Maria_Algu%C3%A9_i_Sanlleh%C3%BD"
    title: "Josep Maria Algué i Sanllehý"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José María Algué"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José María Algué"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Algu%C3%A9"
    title: "José María Algué"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Algu%C3%A9"
    title: "José María Algué"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6293172"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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