# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-nairne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:59:38.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-nairne"
name: "Edward Nairne"
slug: "edward-nairne"
description: "Edward Nairne was an English optician and scientific instrument maker."
tagline: "English optician and scientific instrument maker (1726–1806)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Houghton_90W-164_-_Nairne_electrical_machine%2C_plate_I.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1726"
deathDate: "1806-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.19
  momentum:             17.78443113772455
  historical:           5.882038666666667
  currentAttention:     1.2
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Nairne"
    title: "Edward Nairne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Nairne"
    title: "Edward Nairne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Nairne"
    title: "Edward Nairne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Nairne"
    title: "Edward Nairne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Nairne"
    title: "Edward Nairne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Nairne"
    title: "Edward Nairne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1293089"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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