# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-saxton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:48:10.877Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-saxton"
name: "Joseph Saxton"
slug: "joseph-saxton"
description: "Joseph Saxton was an American inventor, watchmaker, machinist, and photographer from Pennsylvania. A daguerreotype taken by Saxton in 1839 is one of the oldest surviving photographs taken in the United States."
tagline: "American inventor (1799–1873)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Saxton_(ca._1850).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1799-03-22"
deathDate: "1873-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.26
  momentum:             2.045454545454545
  historical:           7.674730666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Сэкстон, Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "چوزيف ساكستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Saxton"
    title: "Joseph Saxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Saxton"
    title: "Joseph Saxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Saxton"
    title: "Joseph Saxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Saxton"
    title: "Joseph Saxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Saxton"
    title: "Joseph Saxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Saxton"
    title: "Joseph Saxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Saxton"
    title: "Joseph Saxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2567825"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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