# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-j-houston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:03:10.807Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-j-houston"
name: "Edwin J. Houston"
slug: "edwin-j-houston"
description: "Edwin James Houston was an American author, electrical engineer, academic, businessman, and inventor."
tagline: "American businessman (1847-1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EdwinJHouston.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: "1847-07-09"
deathDate: "1914-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.83
  momentum:             0.3555555555555555
  historical:           8.541721333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ایڈون جے ہیوسٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إدوين جاي هوستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ادوين جاى هوستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_J._Houston"
    title: "Edwin J. Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_J._Houston"
    title: "Edwin J. Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_J._Houston"
    title: "Edwin J. Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_J._Houston"
    title: "Edwin J. Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BBJ%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エドウィン・J・ヒューストン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_J._Houston"
    title: "Edwin J. Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Houston"
    title: "Edwin Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382363"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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