# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-engel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:26:51.421Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-engel"
name: "Samuel Engel"
slug: "samuel-engel"
description: "Samuel Engel was a Swiss librarian, civil servant, economist and agronomist working in Bern who introduced innovations in several fields. The son of a Landvogt, he studied at the University of Bern before starting a career in administration. In 1736, he became head librarian of the city library of Bern. He assembled a large collection of rare books that was intended for the library, but had to sell them at a loss. In 1745, he became a member of the Grand Council of Bern; from 1748, he was a Landvogt himself. He introduced several innovations in forestry and agriculture such as promoting potato farming in Vaud."
tagline: "Swiss librarian, economist and politician (1702-1784)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SamuelEngel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1702-12-02"
deathDate: "1784-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.469798666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Engel"
    title: "Samuel Engel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84"
    title: "صموئيل إنجل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84"
    title: "صموئيل انجل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5"
    title: "ซามูเอล เอ็งเงิล"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Engel"
    title: "Samuel Engel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Engel"
    title: "Samuel Engel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119137"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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