# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-watson-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:25:52.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-watson-taylor"
name: "David Watson Taylor"
slug: "david-watson-taylor"
description: "David Watson Taylor was an American naval architect and an engineer in the United States Navy. He served during World War I as Chief Constructor of the Navy, and Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Taylor is best known as the man who constructed the first experimental towing tank ever built in the United States."
tagline: "United States Navy admiral"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Watson_Taylor_in_1917.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: "1864-03-04"
deathDate: "1940-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.73
  momentum:             9.821893135881528
  historical:           5.876962666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Taylor"
    title: "David W. Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديفيد واطسون تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Watson_Taylor"
    title: "David Watson Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Taylor"
    title: "David W. Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Taylor"
    title: "David W. Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%88%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "デヴィッド・ワトソン・テイラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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