# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-herbert-skinner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:32:21.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-herbert-skinner"
name: "George Herbert Skinner"
slug: "george-herbert-skinner"
description: "George Herbert Skinner (1872–1931) was a British boot and shoe manufacturer, enthusiastic pioneer motorist and inventor of a well-known carburettor which remained in production almost the entire twentieth century until superseded by fuel injection systems."
tagline: "British businessman"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1872"
deathDate: "1931-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.14
  momentum:             15.92857142857143
  historical:           8.538841333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Скиннер, Джеральд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Skinner"
    title: "Gerald Skinner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Skinner"
    title: "George Skinner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herbert_Skinner"
    title: "George Herbert Skinner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "جورج هربرت اسکینر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A6%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "スキナーズ・ユニオン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herbert_Skinner"
    title: "George Herbert Skinner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Skinner"
    title: "Gerald Skinner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Skinner"
    title: "George Skinner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Skinner"
    title: "Gerald Skinner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507566"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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