# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-richards-elkington
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:19:02.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-richards-elkington"
name: "George Richards Elkington"
slug: "george-richards-elkington"
description: "George Richards Elkington was a manufacturer from Birmingham, England. He patented the first commercial electroplating process."
tagline: "British businessman (1801–1865)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brm_bmag_1969p103_large.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1801-10-17"
deathDate: "1865-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.603852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "چورچ ريتشاردس الكينجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Richards_Elkington"
    title: "George Richards Elkington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Richards_Elkington"
    title: "George Richards Elkington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Richards_Elkington"
    title: "George Richards Elkington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョージ・リチャーズ・エルキントン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1508173"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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