# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oberlin-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:26:57.403Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oberlin-smith"
name: "Oberlin Smith"
slug: "oberlin-smith"
description: "Oberlin Smith was an American engineer who published one of the earliest works dealing with magnetic recording in 1888."
tagline: "American engineer (1840-1926)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Oberlin-smith-c1888.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1840-03-22"
deathDate: "1926-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           7.20504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "اوبرلن اسمتھ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_Smith"
    title: "Oberlin Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_Smith"
    title: "Oberlin Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_Smith"
    title: "Oberlin Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "オバリン・スミス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_Smith"
    title: "Oberlin Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_Smith"
    title: "Oberlin Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%82"
    title: "Оберлін Сміт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2010302"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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