# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-r-towne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:08:01.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-r-towne"
name: "Henry R. Towne"
slug: "henry-r-towne"
description: "Henry Robinson Towne was an American mechanical engineer and businessman, known as an early systematizer of management. He donated several millions to philanthropy at his death, in 1924."
tagline: "American engineer (1844–1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Robinson_Towne.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1844-08-24"
deathDate: "1924-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.79
  momentum:             15.09756097560976
  historical:           4.407452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_R._Towne"
    title: "Henry R. Towne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_R._Towne"
    title: "Henry R. Towne"
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  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_R._Towne"
    title: "Henry R. Towne"
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  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_R._Towne"
    title: "Henry R. Towne"
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  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_R._Towne"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4210149"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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