# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-baker
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:41:12.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-baker"
name: "Benjamin Baker"
slug: "benjamin-baker"
description: "Sir Benjamin Baker was an English civil engineer who worked in mid to late Victorian era. He helped develop the early underground railways in London with Sir John Fowler, but he is best known for his work on the Forth Bridge. He made many other notable contributions to civil engineering, including his work as an expert witness at the public inquiry into the Tay Bridge disaster. Later, he helped design and build the first Aswan Dam."
tagline: "British engineer (1840–1907)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BBaker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1840-03-31"
deathDate: "1907-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.64
  momentum:             3.825503355704698
  historical:           10.49283866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Бенджамін Бейкер (інженер)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3)"
    title: "بنجامين بيكر (مهندس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Baker_(Ingenieur)"
    title: "Benjamin Baker (Ingenieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Baker_(engineer)"
    title: "Benjamin Baker (engineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Baker"
    title: "Benjamin Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Baker_(ingeniero)"
    title: "Benjamin Baker (ingeniero)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Baker"
    title: "Benjamin Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Baker"
    title: "Benjamin Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Baker_(ingegnere)"
    title: "Benjamin Baker (ingegnere)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A4%EC%A0%80%EB%AF%BC_%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%B4%EC%BB%A4_(%EA%B3%B5%ED%95%99%EC%9E%90)"
    title: "벤저민 베이커 (공학자)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Baker"
    title: "Benjamin Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Baker"
    title: "Benjamin Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817394"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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