# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-p-beer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:36:11.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-p-beer"
name: "Ferdinand P. Beer"
slug: "ferdinand-p-beer"
description: "Ferdinand Pierre Beer was a French mechanical engineer and university professor. He spent most of his career as a member of the faculty at Lehigh University, where he served as the chairman of the mechanics and mechanical engineering departments. His most significant contribution was the co-authorship of several textbooks in the field of mechanics, which have been widely cited and utilized in engineering education."
tagline: "French mechanical engineer (1915-2003)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1915-08-08"
deathDate: "2003-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.540785333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Pierre_Beer"
    title: "Ferdinand Pierre Beer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "فرديناند بي بير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_P._Beer"
    title: "Ferdinand P. Beer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_P._Beer"
    title: "Ferdinand P. Beer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%BE%DB%8C._%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "فردیناند پی. بیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Beer"
    title: "Ferdinand Beer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_P._Beer"
    title: "Ferdinand P. Beer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3661403"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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