# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahlon-loomis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:48:57.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahlon-loomis"
name: "Mahlon Loomis"
slug: "mahlon-loomis"
description: "Mahlon Loomis was an American dentist and inventor known for proposing a wireless communication and electric power generating system based on his idea that there were electrically charged layers in the Earth's atmosphere."
tagline: "American inventor (1826-1886)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Mahlon_Loomis%2C_Addis_Gallery%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C._LCCN_2016822983_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1826-07-21"
deathDate: "1886-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.15
  momentum:             0.3370786516853934
  historical:           7.211628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Лумис, Малон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "محلون لوميس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahlon_Lumis"
    title: "Mahlon Lumis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahlon_Loomis"
    title: "Mahlon Loomis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahlon_Loomis"
    title: "Mahlon Loomis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahlon_Loomis"
    title: "Mahlon Loomis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahlon_Loomis"
    title: "Mahlon Loomis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahlon_Loomis"
    title: "Mahlon Loomis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3027761"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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