# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-white-howell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:29:09.579Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-white-howell"
name: "John White Howell"
slug: "john-white-howell"
description: "John White Howell was an American electrical engineer who spent his entire professional career working for Thomas Edison, specializing in the development and manufacturing of the incandescent lamp."
tagline: "(1857-1937) American electrical engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_White_Howell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1857-12-22"
deathDate: "1937-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           6.536717333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John White Howell"
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    title: "John White Howell"
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    title: "John White Howell"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump