# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-t-james
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:55:00.864Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-t-james"
name: "Richard T. James"
slug: "richard-t-james"
description: "Richard Thompson James was an American naval engineer, best known for inventing the Slinky spring toy with his wife Betty James in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania in 1943."
tagline: "Inventor of the Slinky (1914–1974)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/2006-02-04_Metal_spiral.jpg/330px-2006-02-04_Metal_spiral.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1914-01-01"
deathDate: "1974-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.88
  momentum:             1.987951807228916
  historical:           6.852776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._James"
    title: "Richard T. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "ريتشارد تى جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._James"
    title: "Richard T. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._James"
    title: "Richard T. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Джеймс, Ричард Томпсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._James"
    title: "Richard T. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._James"
    title: "Richard T. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Річард Томпсон Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7329350"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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