# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthias-w-baldwin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:07:27.990Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthias-w-baldwin"
name: "Matthias W. Baldwin"
slug: "matthias-w-baldwin"
description: "Matthias William Baldwin was an American inventor and machinery manufacturer, specializing in the production of steam locomotives. Baldwin's small machine shop, established in 1825, grew to become Baldwin Locomotive Works, one of the largest and most successful locomotive manufacturing firms in the United States. The most famous of the early locomotives were Old Ironsides, built by Matthias Baldwin in 1832. Baldwin was also a strong advocate of abolitionism."
tagline: "American inventor and machinery manufacturer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baldwin-Matthias-1899.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1795-12-10"
deathDate: "1866-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             1.904761904761905
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump