# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sir-james-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:46:23.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sir-james-anderson"
name: "Sir James Anderson"
slug: "sir-james-anderson"
description: "Sir James Anderson captained SS Great Eastern on the laying of the Transatlantic telegraph cable in 1865 and 1866."
tagline: "British sailor; Captain of the SS Great Eastern (1824–1893)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Anderson_by_Thomas_Dewell_Scott_(Illustrated_London_News%2C_1866-12-08).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1824-06-04"
deathDate: "1893-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.45
  momentum:             5.401376146788991
  historical:           3.937905333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anderson_(Kapit%C3%A4n)"
    title: "James Anderson (Kapitän)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anderson_(sea_captain)"
    title: "James Anderson (sea captain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anderson_(marin)"
    title: "James Anderson (marin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anderson_(skipper)"
    title: "James Anderson (skipper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7527364"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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