# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/egide-walschaerts
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:47:00.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/egide-walschaerts"
name: "Egide Walschaerts"
slug: "egide-walschaerts"
description: "Egide Walschaerts was a Belgian mechanical engineer, best known as the inventor of the Walschaerts valve gear used in steam locomotives. He was born in Mechelen, Belgium. In 1838 he was recognised as an excellent modeller, presenting his work at a local exhibition in Mechelen. Minister Rogier, who opened the exhibition, was so impressed that he arranged a place for Walschaerts at Liège University."
tagline: "Mechanical engineer (1820–1901)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Egide_Walschaerts.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1820-01-21"
deathDate: "1901-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.29
  momentum:             7.5
  historical:           10.94290933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Égide Walschaerts"
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    title: "Egide Walschaerts"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egide_Walschaerts"
    title: "Egide Walschaerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egide_Walschaerts"
    title: "Egide Walschaerts"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egide_Walschaerts"
    title: "Egide Walschaerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89gide_Walschaerts"
    title: "Égide Walschaerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egide_Walschaerts"
    title: "Egide Walschaerts"
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  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89gide_Walschaerts"
    title: "Égide Walschaerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89gide_Walschaerts"
    title: "Égide Walschaerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egide_Walschaerts"
    title: "Egide Walschaerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egide_Walschaerts"
    title: "Egide Walschaerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egide_Walschaerts"
    title: "Egide Walschaerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Вальсхарт, Эджид"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump