# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alphonse-couvreux
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:15:36.801Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alphonse-couvreux"
name: "Alphonse Couvreux"
slug: "alphonse-couvreux"
description: "Alphonse Couvreux was a French public works contractor, known for inventing the bucket chain excavator for which he filed a patent in May 1860."
tagline: "French Inventor"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Dredging_technique_schematic.png/330px-Dredging_technique_schematic.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1820-02-11"
deathDate: "1890-07-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.803528
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Couvreux"
    title: "Alphonse Couvreux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Couvreux"
    title: "Alphonse Couvreux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Couvreux"
    title: "Alphonse Couvreux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Couvreux"
    title: "Alphonse Couvreux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Couvreux"
    title: "Alphonse Couvreux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2839754"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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