# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-richard-simms
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:52:05.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-richard-simms"
name: "Frederick Richard Simms"
slug: "frederick-richard-simms"
description: "Frederick Richard Simms was a British mechanical engineer, businessman, prolific inventor and motor industry pioneer. Simms coined the words \"petrol\" and \"motorcar\". He founded the Royal Automobile Club, and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders."
tagline: "Engineer and manufacturer (1863–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick_R_Simms_1909_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1863-08-12"
deathDate: "1944-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.28682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "فریڈرک رچرڈ سمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فريدريك ريتشارد سيمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frederick Richard Simms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Richard_Simms"
    title: "Frederick Richard Simms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Richard_Simms"
    title: "Frederick Richard Simms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Simms"
    title: "Frederick Simms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frederick Richard Simms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "פרדריק ריצ'רד סימס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frederick Richard Simms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Richard_Simms"
    title: "Frederick Richard Simms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Симмс, Фредерик Ричард"
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    title: "Фредерік Річард Сіммс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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