# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/miriam-benjamin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:37:42.365Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/miriam-benjamin"
name: "Miriam Benjamin"
slug: "miriam-benjamin"
description: "Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin was an American schoolteacher and inventor. In 1888, she obtained a patent for the Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels, becoming the second African-American woman to receive a patent."
tagline: "Inventor, Educator, Patent Attorney"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gong_and_Signal_Chair_patent.gif?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1861-09-16"
deathDate: "1947"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.876926666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "మిరియం బెంజమిన్"
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    title: "ميريام بنجامين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Miriam Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Benjamin"
    title: "Miriam Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Benjamin"
    title: "Miriam Benjamin"
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  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Benjamin"
    title: "Miriam Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%92'%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "מרים בנג'מין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Miriam Benjamin"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump