# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-joseph-carty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:01:59.052Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-joseph-carty"
name: "John Joseph Carty"
slug: "john-joseph-carty"
description: "John Joseph Carty was an American electrical engineer and a major contributor to the development of telephone wires and related technology. He was a recipient of the Edison Medal. As Chief Engineer of AT&T, he was instrumental in the development of the first transcontinental telephone line. Carty was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1915 to 1916."
tagline: "(1861-1932) American electrical engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_John_J._Carty.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1861-04-14"
deathDate: "1932-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.605292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump