# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-elmer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:15:33.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-elmer"
name: "Charles Elmer"
slug: "charles-elmer"
description: "Charles Wesley Elmer (1872–1954) was an American amateur astronomer and court reporter who co-founded the Perkin-Elmer optical company in 1937."
tagline: "American entrepreneur, court stenographer, and amateur astronomer (1872–1954)"
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: "1872"
deathDate: "1954"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.403888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%A5%E5%B0%94%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E9%9F%A6%E6%96%AF%E5%88%A9%C2%B7%E5%9F%83%E5%B0%94%E9%BB%98"
    title: "查尔斯·韦斯利·埃尔默"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "تشارلز إلمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "تشارلز المر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Elmer"
    title: "Charles Elmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Elmer"
    title: "Charles Elmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Elmer"
    title: "Charles Elmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Elmer"
    title: "Charles Elmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wesley_Elmer"
    title: "Charles Wesley Elmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2959019"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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