# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-boucherot
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:57:02.712Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-boucherot"
name: "Paul Boucherot"
slug: "paul-boucherot"
description: "Paul Boucherot was an engineer with the Chemins de Fer du Nord. He studied at the elite École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris (ESPCI) where he later also taught electrical engineering. He was a pioneer of AC electric power distribution, designed induction motors, and with Georges Claude, built early plants for obtaining thermal energy from the sea. He also contributed to electrical analysis, including the relationship between real and apparent power."
tagline: "French electrical engineer (1869–1943)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1869-10-03"
deathDate: "1943-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump