# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-bourseul
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:26:38.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-bourseul"
name: "Charles Bourseul"
slug: "charles-bourseul"
description: "Charles Bourseul was a pioneer in development of the \"make and break\" telephone about 20 years before Bell made a practical telephone."
tagline: "French inventor (1829–1912)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles-bourseul-l-enfant-de-douai-qui-1690515.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1829-04-28"
deathDate: "1912-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.73
  momentum:             1.724137931034483
  historical:           10.28297466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Charles Bourseul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "شارل بورسول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bourseul"
    title: "Charles Bourseul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bourseul"
    title: "Charles Bourseul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bourseul"
    title: "Charles Bourseul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bourseul"
    title: "Charles Bourseul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bourseul"
    title: "Charles Bourseul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bourseul"
    title: "Charles Bourseul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9C"
    title: "שארל בורסול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bourseul"
    title: "Charles Bourseul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bourseul"
    title: "Charles Bourseul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bourseul"
    title: "Charles Bourseul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1063776"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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