# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-tilston-bright
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:39:56.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-tilston-bright"
name: "Charles Tilston Bright"
slug: "charles-tilston-bright"
description: "Sir Charles Tilston Bright was an English electrical engineer who oversaw the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858, for which work he was knighted."
tagline: "British engineer and politician (1832-1888)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Tilston_Bright.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1832-06-08"
deathDate: "1888-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.873218666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Charles Tilston Bright"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA"
    title: "تشارلز تيلستون بريجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Tilston Bright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tilston_Bright"
    title: "Charles Tilston Bright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tilston_Bright"
    title: "Charles Tilston Bright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tilston_Bright"
    title: "Charles Tilston Bright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tilston_Bright"
    title: "Charles Tilston Bright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tilston_Bright"
    title: "Charles Tilston Bright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tilston_Bright"
    title: "Charles Tilston Bright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q613322"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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