# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elihu-thomson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:05:14.766Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elihu-thomson"
name: "Elihu Thomson"
slug: "elihu-thomson"
description: "Elihu Thomson was an English-American engineer and inventor who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, the United Kingdom and France."
tagline: "American inventor (1853–1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elihu_thomson_ca1880.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1853-03-29"
deathDate: "1937-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.060336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump