# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-miner-spencer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:46:34.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christopher-miner-spencer"
name: "Christopher Miner Spencer"
slug: "christopher-miner-spencer"
description: "Christopher Miner Spencer was an American inventor, from Manchester, Connecticut, who invented the Spencer repeating rifle, one of the earliest models of lever-action rifle, a steam powered \"horseless carriage\", and several other inventions. He developed the first fully automatic turret lathe, which in its small- to medium-sized form is also known as a screw machine."
tagline: "American Civil War industrialist and inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher_spencer.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: "1833-06-20"
deathDate: "1922-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.356121333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%B9%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%86%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B1"
    title: "کرسٹوفر مائنر اسپینسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B1"
    title: "كريستوفر مينر سبنسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Miner_Spencer"
    title: "Christopher Miner Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Miner_Spencer"
    title: "Christopher Miner Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Miner_Spencer"
    title: "Christopher Miner Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Miner_Spencer"
    title: "Christopher Miner Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Miner_Spencer"
    title: "Christopher Miner Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5112884"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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