# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-smith-lyman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:44:02.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-smith-lyman"
name: "Benjamin Smith Lyman"
slug: "benjamin-smith-lyman"
description: "Benjamin Smith Lyman was an American mining engineer, surveyor, and an amateur linguist and anthropologist. He was also a promoter of vegetarianism."
tagline: "US mining engineer (1835-1920)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mr._Benjamin_Smith_Lyman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1835-12-11"
deathDate: "1920-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.93
  momentum:             1.318681318681319
  historical:           6.547085333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Лайман, Бенджамин Смит"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بنجامين سميث ليمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Smith_Lyman"
    title: "Benjamin Smith Lyman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Smith_Lyman"
    title: "Benjamin Smith Lyman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Smith_Lyman"
    title: "Benjamin Smith Lyman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ベンジャミン・スミス・ライマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Smith_Lyman"
    title: "Benjamin Smith Lyman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2896241"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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