# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gidius-elling
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:55:51.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gidius-elling"
name: "Ægidius Elling"
slug: "gidius-elling"
description: "Jens William Ægidius Elling was a Norwegian researcher, inventor and pioneer of gas turbines who is considered to be the father of the gas turbine. He built the first gas turbine that was able to produce more power than needed to run its own components."
tagline: "Norwegian inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aegidius_Elling.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1861-07-26"
deathDate: "1949-05-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.83
  momentum:             11.88679245283019
  historical:           9.610008
  currentAttention:     66.0377358490566
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "埃吉迪乌斯·艾林"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ægidius Elling"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86gidius_Elling"
    title: "Ægidius Elling"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86gidius_Elling"
    title: "Ægidius Elling"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86gidius_Elling"
    title: "Ægidius Elling"
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  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86gidius_Elling"
    title: "Ægidius Elling"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86gidius_Elling"
    title: "Ægidius Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86gidius_Elling"
    title: "Ægidius Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86gidius_Elling"
    title: "Ægidius Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86gidius_Elling"
    title: "Ægidius Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86gidius_Elling"
    title: "Ægidius Elling"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump