# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claude-chappe
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:23:16.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claude-chappe"
name: "Claude Chappe"
slug: "claude-chappe"
description: "Claude Chappe was a French inventor who in 1792 demonstrated a practical semaphore system that eventually spanned all of France. His system consisted of a series of towers, each within line of sight of others, each supporting a wooden mast with two crossarms on pivots that could be placed in various positions. The operator in a tower moved the arms to a sequence of positions, spelling out text messages in semaphore code. The operator in the next tower read the message through a telescope, then passed it on to the next tower. This was the first practical telecommunications system of the industrial age, and was used until the 1850s when electric telegraph systems replaced it."
tagline: "French inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AduC_175_Chappe_(Claude%2C_1765-1828).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1763-12-25"
deathDate: "1805-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.04262933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Claude Chappe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كلود شاب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Claude Chappe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Claude Chappe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Կլոդ Շապպ"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Claude Chappe"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump