# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-potts-james
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:17:32.948Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-potts-james"
name: "Thomas Potts James"
slug: "thomas-potts-james"
description: "Thomas Potts James (1803–1882) was an American botanist and bryologist. He made important contributions to the study of bryophytes. He wrote the section on mosses and liverworts in William Darlington's Flora Cestrica (1853)."
tagline: "American botanist (1803-1882)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1803-09-01"
deathDate: "1882-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Potts_James"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Potts_James"
    title: "Thomas Potts James"
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    title: "Thomas Potts James"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump