# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-saxby
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:15:01.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-saxby"
name: "John Saxby"
slug: "john-saxby"
description: "John Saxby was an English engineer from Brighton, noted for his work in railway signalling and the invention of the interlocking system of points and signals. He was later a partner in the firm Saxby and Farmer. He is regarded as \"the father of modern signalling\"."
tagline: "English railway engineer (1821–1913)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_saxby_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1821-08-17"
deathDate: "1913-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.11
  momentum:             1.633663366336634
  historical:           5.675126666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John Saxby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Saxby"
    title: "John Saxby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Saxby"
    title: "John Saxby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Saxby"
    title: "John Saxby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョン・サクスビー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Saxby"
    title: "John Saxby"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182437"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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