# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philippe-de-girard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:48:51.511Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philippe-de-girard"
name: "Philippe de Girard"
slug: "philippe-de-girard"
description: "Philippe Henri de Girard was a French engineer and inventor of the first flax spinning frame in 1810, and the person after whom the town of Żyrardów in Poland was named. He was also the uncredited inventor of food preservation using tin cans."
tagline: "French engineer and inventor (1775–1845)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philippe_de_Girard-portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1775-02-01"
deathDate: "1845-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.759793333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard"
    title: "Philippe de Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "فيليب دي جيرارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard"
    title: "Philippe de Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard"
    title: "Philippe de Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Henri_de_Girard"
    title: "Philippe Henri de Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard"
    title: "Philippe de Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard"
    title: "Philippe de Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard"
    title: "Philippe de Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Girard"
    title: "Philippe de Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Жирар, Филипп Анри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719494"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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