# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/beatrice-hicks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:49:20.532Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/beatrice-hicks"
name: "Beatrice Hicks"
slug: "beatrice-hicks"
description: "Beatrice Alice Hicks was an American engineer and the owner of Newark Controls Company. Hicks developed a gas density switch that has been used in the U.S. space program, including the Apollo Moon landing missions, in aircraft including the Boeing 707, in communications, to monitor nuclear weapons, and in equipment for the electric utility industry. Hicks was elected to the National Academy of Engineering."
tagline: "Engineer from the United States"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Beatrice_Hicks.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1919-01-02"
deathDate: "1979-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.87768266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump