# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-hand
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:46:57.607Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-hand"
name: "Edward Hand"
slug: "edward-hand"
description: "Edward Hand was an Irish-born American army officer and politician who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Rising to the rank of major general, Hand served as Adjutant General of the Continental Army under George Washington. After the war, Hand retired to farm his estate, Rock Ford, and served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and Lancaster city government."
tagline: "American general (1744–1802)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Hand_(NYPL_b12349196-420212)_(detail).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1744-12-31"
deathDate: "1802-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.291110666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "愛德華·漢德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "إدوارد هاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hand"
    title: "Edward Hand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hand"
    title: "Edward Hand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ادوارد هند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hand"
    title: "Edward Hand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hand"
    title: "Edward Hand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Хэнд, Эдвард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hand"
    title: "Edward Hand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5343297"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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