# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-foulis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:14:22.855Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-foulis"
name: "Robert Foulis"
slug: "robert-foulis"
description: "Robert Foulis was a Canadian inventor, civil engineer and artist noted for his invention of the steam-powered foghorn."
tagline: "Canadian engineer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1796-05-05"
deathDate: "1866-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.56
  momentum:             2.872340425531915
  historical:           5.671022666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Foulis"
    title: "Robert Foulis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Foulis"
    title: "Robert Foulis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Foulis_(inventor)"
    title: "Robert Foulis (inventor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Foulis"
    title: "Robert Foulis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Foulis"
    title: "Robert Foulis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B7%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Фаулз, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2157139"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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