# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-thury
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:13:20.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-thury"
name: "René Thury"
slug: "rene-thury"
description: "René Thury was a Swiss pioneer in electrical engineering. He was known for his work with high voltage direct current electricity transmission and was known in the professional world as the \"King of DC.\""
tagline: "Electricity transmission pioneer (1860–1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-Thury%2C_Ren%C3%A9_(1860-1938)-Portrait-Portr_03322.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
birthDate: "1860-08-07"
deathDate: "1938-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.63
  momentum:             15.89655172413793
  historical:           7.472354666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thury"
    title: "René Thury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "رينيه ثورى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "رنه توری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thury"
    title: "René Thury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thury"
    title: "René Thury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thury"
    title: "René Thury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thury"
    title: "René Thury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thury"
    title: "René Thury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thury"
    title: "René Thury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124383"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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