# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-swan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:35:35.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-swan"
name: "Joseph Swan"
slug: "joseph-swan"
description: "Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor. He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is responsible for developing the first use of incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881."
tagline: "British physicist and inventor (1828-1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WP_Joseph_Wilson_Swan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1828-10-31"
deathDate: "1914-05-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.11880533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump