# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-edward-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:50:56.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-edward-taylor"
name: "Charles Edward Taylor"
slug: "charles-edward-taylor"
description: "Charles Edward Taylor was an American inventor, mechanic and machinist. He built the first aircraft engine used by the Wright brothers in the Wright Flyer, and was a vital contributor of mechanical skills in the building and maintaining of early Wright engines and airplanes."
tagline: "American airplane mechanic (1868-1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charlietaylor.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1868-05-24"
deathDate: "1956-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.04
  momentum:             7.504159733777039
  historical:           9.475744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Taylor"
    title: "Charles Edward Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(lugvaartpionier)"
    title: "Charles Taylor (lugvaartpionier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Taylor_(mechanic)"
    title: "Charlie Taylor (mechanic)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(Mec%C3%A1nico_aviaci%C3%B3n)"
    title: "Charles Taylor (Mecánico aviación)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "چارلز ادوارد تیلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Taylor"
    title: "Charlie Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(luchtvaartpionier)"
    title: "Charles Taylor (luchtvaartpionier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(mekaniker)"
    title: "Charles Taylor (mekaniker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Taylor"
    title: "Charlie Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Taylor_(mec%C3%A2nico)"
    title: "Charlie Taylor (mecânico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%81_%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Чарлс Едвард Тејлор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3266562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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