# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/silvio-bedini
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:09.630Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/silvio-bedini"
name: "Silvio Bedini"
slug: "silvio-bedini"
description: "Silvio Anthony Bedini was an American historian, specialising in early scientific instruments. He was Historian Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution, where he served on the professional staff for twenty-five years, retiring in 1987."
tagline: "Science historian (1917–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Silvio_Bedini_with_bust_of_Thomas_Jefferson_1981.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1917-01-17"
deathDate: "2007-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.5
  momentum:             12.73809523809524
  historical:           5.271130666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Bedini"
    title: "Silvio Bedini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "سيلفيو بيدينى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Bedini"
    title: "Silvio Bedini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Bedini"
    title: "Silvio Bedini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Bedini"
    title: "Silvio Bedini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Bedini"
    title: "Silvio Bedini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3960834"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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