# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-laithwaite
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:46:37.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-laithwaite"
name: "Eric Laithwaite"
slug: "eric-laithwaite"
description: "Eric Roberts Laithwaite was an English electrical engineer, known as the \"Father of Maglev\" for his development of the linear induction motor and maglev rail system after Hermann Kemper."
tagline: "British electrical engineer (1921–1997)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1921-06-14"
deathDate: "1997-11-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.898238666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Eric Laithwaite"
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    title: "اريك ليثويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eric Laithwaite"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Laithwaite"
    title: "Eric Laithwaite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Laithwaite"
    title: "Eric Laithwaite"
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    title: "اریک لیتویت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eric Laithwaite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Laithwaite"
    title: "Eric Laithwaite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Laithwaite"
    title: "Eric Laithwaite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%B9"
    title: "ایرک لیتھویٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%83%E9%87%8C%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E8%8E%B1%E6%80%9D%E9%9F%A6%E7%89%B9"
    title: "埃里克·莱思韦特"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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