# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/schuyler-wheeler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:35:00.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/schuyler-wheeler"
name: "Schuyler Wheeler"
slug: "schuyler-wheeler"
description: "Schuyler Skaats Wheeler was an American electrical engineer and manufacturer who invented the electric fan, an electric elevator design, and the electric fire engine. He is associated with the early development of the electric motor industry, especially to do with training the blind in this industry for gainful employment. He helped develop and implement a code of ethics for electrical engineers and was associated with the electrical field in one way or another for over thirty years."
tagline: "American inventor of the two-blade electric fan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr_Schuyler_Skaats_Wheeler.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1860-05-17"
deathDate: "1923-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.6
  momentum:             22.07843137254902
  historical:           9.494068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Schuyler S. Wheeler"
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    title: "شويلر ويلر"
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    title: "شويلر ويلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler_S._Wheeler"
    title: "Schuyler S. Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler_S._Wheeler"
    title: "Schuyler S. Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler_Wheeler"
    title: "Schuyler Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler_Wheeler"
    title: "Schuyler Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B1_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "شویلر ویلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler_Wheeler"
    title: "Schuyler Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%89%B4%EB%9F%AC_%ED%9C%A0%EB%9F%AC"
    title: "쉴러 휠러"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Schuyler Wheeler"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump