# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eli-h-janney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:15:51.609Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eli-h-janney"
name: "Eli H. Janney"
slug: "eli-h-janney"
description: "Eli Hamilton Janney was the inventor of the modern knuckle coupler that replaced link and pin couplers on North American railroads."
tagline: "American mechanical engineer (1831–1912)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Janney_coupler_drawing.png/330px-Janney_coupler_drawing.png"
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: "1831-11-12"
deathDate: "1912-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.35
  momentum:             15.4952380952381
  historical:           6.353169333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_H._Janney"
    title: "Eli H. Janney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Janney"
    title: "Eli Janney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_H._Janney"
    title: "Eli H. Janney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC"
    title: "イーライ・ジャニー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_H._Janney"
    title: "Eli H. Janney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Janney"
    title: "Eli Janney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Джанней, Эли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717024"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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