# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-chew-tilghman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:31:44.732Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-chew-tilghman"
name: "Benjamin Chew Tilghman"
slug: "benjamin-chew-tilghman"
description: "Benjamin Chew Tilghman was an American soldier and inventor. He is best known as the inventor of the process of sandblasting."
tagline: "American inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tilghman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1821-10-26"
deathDate: "1901-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Benjamin Chew Tilghman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump