# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/augustus-applegath
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:26:35.763Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/augustus-applegath"
name: "Augustus Applegath"
slug: "augustus-applegath"
description: "Augustus Applegath was an English printer and inventor known for the development of the first workable vertical-drum rotary printing press."
tagline: "British inventor, creator of the vertical printing-press"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1788-06-17"
deathDate: "1871-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.29
  momentum:             0.136986301369863
  historical:           4.802664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Applegath"
    title: "Augustus Applegath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Applegath"
    title: "Augustus Applegath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Applegath"
    title: "Augustus Applegath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Applegath"
    title: "Augustus Applegath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%95%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82"
    title: "Огастус Еплгейт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q770154"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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