# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-dixon-gibbs
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:16:34.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-dixon-gibbs"
name: "John Dixon Gibbs"
slug: "john-dixon-gibbs"
description: "John Dixon Gibbs was a British engineer and financier who, together with Lucien Gaulard, is often credited as the co-inventor of the AC step-down transformer. The transformer was first demonstrated in 1883 at London's Royal Aquarium. At the time the term \"transformer\" had not yet been invented, so instead it was referred to as a \"secondary generator\". Although he is usually credited equally with Gaulard, Gibb's role in the invention appears to have been more that of a financial backer and businessman."
tagline: "British engineer (1834–1912)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1834"
deathDate: "1912"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.540101333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%93%D1%96%D0%B1%D0%B1%D1%81"
    title: "Джон Діксон Гіббс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "جون ديكسون جيبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dixon_Gibbs"
    title: "John Dixon Gibbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dixon_Gibbs"
    title: "John Dixon Gibbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "جان دیکسون گیبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dixon_Gibbs"
    title: "John Dixon Gibbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dixon_Gibbs"
    title: "John Dixon Gibbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1169747"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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