# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-ernst-worrell-keely
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:24:56.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-ernst-worrell-keely"
name: "John Ernst Worrell Keely"
slug: "john-ernst-worrell-keely"
description: "John Ernst Worrell Keely was an American fraudster and self-proclaimed inventor from Philadelphia who claimed to have discovered a new motive power which was initially described as \"vaporic\" or \"etheric\" force, and later as an unnamed force based on \"vibratory sympathy\", by which he produced \"interatomic ether\" from water and air. Keely's claims were highly disputed throughout his career and, in the 21st century, are generally considered to be pseudoscientific."
tagline: "American inventor and fraud (1837-1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Ernst_Worrell_Keely_(ca._1895).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: "1837-09-03"
deathDate: "1898-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.7
  momentum:             0.5451717970330906
  historical:           5.728370666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernst_Worrell_Keely"
    title: "John Ernst Worrell Keely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernst_Worrell_Keely"
    title: "John Ernst Worrell Keely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernst_Worrell_Keely"
    title: "John Ernst Worrell Keely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Кили, Джон Уоррел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Worrel_Keely"
    title: "John Worrel Keely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernst_Worrell_Keely"
    title: "John Ernst Worrell Keely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2619022"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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