# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martha-coston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:57:22.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martha-coston"
name: "Martha Coston"
slug: "martha-coston"
description: "Martha Jane Coston was an American inventor and businesswoman who invented the Coston flare, a device for signaling at sea, and the owner of the Coston Manufacturing Company."
tagline: "American inventor (1826-1904)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MarthaCoston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1826-12-12"
deathDate: "1904-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.29175866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Martha Coston"
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    title: "Martha Coston"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Coston"
    title: "Martha Coston"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Coston"
    title: "Martha Coston"
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    title: "Martha Coston"
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    title: "Martha Coston"
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    title: "מרתה קוסטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Martha Coston"
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    title: "Martha Coston"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump