# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-e-b-crompton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:23:31.588Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/r-e-b-crompton"
name: "R. E. B. Crompton"
slug: "r-e-b-crompton"
description: "Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton, CB, FRS was an English electrical engineer, industrialist and inventor. He was a pioneer of electric lighting and public electricity supply systems. The company he formed, Crompton & Co., was one of the world's first large-scale manufacturers of electrical equipment. He was also an early campaigner for an international standard for electrical systems. He was involved with both the practical and academic sides of his discipline, being a founder member of the International Electrotechnical Commission and twice president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and a founder member of the Royal Automobile Club."
tagline: "British engineer (1845-1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rookes_Evelyn_Bell_Crompton_Vanity_Fair_30_August_1911.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1845-05-31"
deathDate: "1940-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.33
  momentum:             3.999999999999999
  historical:           5.682578666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._E._B._Crompton"
    title: "R. E. B. Crompton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rookes_Evelyn_Bell_Crompton"
    title: "Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._E._B._Crompton"
    title: "R. E. B. Crompton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rookes_Evelyn_Crompton"
    title: "Rookes Evelyn Crompton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rookes_Crompton"
    title: "Rookes Crompton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rookes_Evelyn_Bell_Crompton"
    title: "Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2166151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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