# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eduard-locher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:46:43.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eduard-locher"
name: "Eduard Locher"
slug: "eduard-locher"
description: "Eduard Locher was a Swiss engineer, inventor and independent contractor who received a doctorate honoris causa for his work. He devised the Locher rack railway system and built his privately owned Pilatus Railway that uses this system."
tagline: "Swiss engineer (1840-1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oberst_Eduard_Locher_1905_%C3%96IZ_(Die_Erbauer_des_Simplontunnels).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1840-01-15"
deathDate: "1910-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.53
  momentum:             9.574525745257453
  historical:           5.472534666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Locher"
    title: "Eduard Locher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "ادوارد لوشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Locher"
    title: "Eduard Locher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Locher"
    title: "Eduard Locher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Locher"
    title: "Eduard Locher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Locher"
    title: "Eduard Locher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117620"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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