# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chester-greenwood
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:45:44.639Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chester-greenwood"
name: "Chester Greenwood"
slug: "chester-greenwood"
description: "Chester Greenwood was an American engineer and inventor, known for inventing the earmuffs in 1873. He reportedly came up with the idea while ice skating and asked his grandmother to sew tufts of fur between loops of wire. His patent was for improved ear protectors. He manufactured these ear protectors in the Farmington, Maine, area for nearly 60 years."
tagline: "American inventor (1858–1937)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1858-12-04"
deathDate: "1937-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.23
  momentum:             0.8108108108108109
  historical:           7.880166666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump