# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-baptiste-schwilgue
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:36:54.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-baptiste-schwilgue"
name: "Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué"
slug: "jean-baptiste-schwilgue"
description: "Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué (1776–1856) was the author of the third astronomical clock of Strasbourg Cathedral, built between 1838 and 1843 .\nIn 1844 Schwilgué, together with his son Charles, patented a key-driven calculating machine, which seems to be the third key-driven machine in the world, after that of Luigi Torchi (1834) and James White (1822)."
tagline: "French clockmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schwilgu%C3%A9.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1776-12-18"
deathDate: "1856-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.811376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87"
    title: "جان بابتيست شويلجيه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Schwilgu%C3%A9"
    title: "Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Schwilgu%C3%A9"
    title: "Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Schwilgu%C3%A9"
    title: "Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Schwilgu%C3%A9"
    title: "Jean Baptiste Schwilgué"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177957"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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