# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-gilbert-totten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:38:07.488Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-gilbert-totten"
name: "Joseph Gilbert Totten"
slug: "joseph-gilbert-totten"
description: "Joseph Gilbert Totten fought in the War of 1812, served as Chief of Engineers and was regent of the Smithsonian Institution and cofounder of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1836, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society."
tagline: "United States Army general and engineer (1788–1864)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Gilbert_Totten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1788-08-23"
deathDate: "1864-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.01
  momentum:             1.96319018404908
  historical:           3.947373333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gilbert_Totten"
    title: "Joseph Gilbert Totten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gilbert_Totten"
    title: "Joseph Gilbert Totten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gilbert_Totten"
    title: "Joseph Gilbert Totten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gilbert_Totten"
    title: "Joseph Gilbert Totten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14624955"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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