# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-mortimer-granville
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:44:38.934Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-mortimer-granville"
name: "Joseph Mortimer Granville"
slug: "joseph-mortimer-granville"
description: "Joseph Mortimer Granville was an English physician, author and inventor known for having first patented the electromechanical vibrator for relief of muscle aches, exclusively for male patients. It was famously hypothesized by Rachel Maines that the device could have also been used to treat hysteria by bringing women to orgasm. Given the lack of evidence to back this theory, however, Granville's credit as the inventor of the first electrical, vibrating sex toy is a myth."
tagline: "English doctor, author, and inventor (1833–1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Mortimer_Granville.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1833"
deathDate: "1900"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.89
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.355664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joseph Mortimer Granville"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "چوزيف مورتيمر جرانفيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mortimer_Granville"
    title: "Joseph Mortimer Granville"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mortimer_Granville"
    title: "Joseph Mortimer Granville"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mortimer_Granville"
    title: "Joseph Mortimer Granville"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mortimer_Granville"
    title: "Joseph Mortimer Granville"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B1_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "جوزف مورتیمر گرانویل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mortimer_Granville"
    title: "Joseph Mortimer Granville"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1707660"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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