# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-pitman
# Generated: 2026-09-07T17:15:28.738Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-pitman"
name: "Benjamin Pitman"
slug: "benjamin-pitman"
description: "Benjamin Pitman, also known as Benn Pitman, was an English-born author and popularizer in the United States of Pitman shorthand, a form of what was then called phonography (shorthand). He was also active in the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States."
tagline: "United states stenographer and crafts promoter (1822–1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Pitman.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1822-07-24"
deathDate: "1910-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.603096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بينچامين پيتمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Pitman"
    title: "Benjamin Pitman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Pitman"
    title: "Benjamin Pitman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benn_Pitman"
    title: "Benn Pitman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Питман, Бенджамин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4889128"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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