# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-william-manby
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:16:51.163Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-william-manby"
name: "George William Manby"
slug: "george-william-manby"
description: "Captain George William Manby FRS was an English author and inventor. He designed an apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks and also the \"Pelican Gun\", the first modern form of fire extinguisher."
tagline: "English author and inventor (1765–1854)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_William_Manby_1818.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1765-11-28"
deathDate: "1854-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.97
  momentum:             3.716814159292035
  historical:           6.351081333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Manby"
    title: "George William Manby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Manby"
    title: "George William Manby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Manby"
    title: "George William Manby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Manby"
    title: "George William Manby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Manby"
    title: "William George Manby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Manby"
    title: "George William Manby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Manby"
    title: "George William Manby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1508626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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