# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sir-john-fowler-1st-baronet
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:09:02.006Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sir-john-fowler-1st-baronet"
name: "Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet"
slug: "sir-john-fowler-1st-baronet"
description: "Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, KCMG, LLD, FRSE was an English civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure. In the 1850s and 1860s, he was engineer for the world's first underground railway, London's Metropolitan Railway, built by the \"cut-and-cover\" method under city streets. In the 1880s, he was chief engineer for the Forth Bridge, which opened in 1890. Fowler's was a long and eminent career, spanning most of the 19th century's railway expansion, and he was engineer, adviser or consultant to many British and foreign railway companies and governments. He was the youngest president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, between 1865 and 1867, and his major works represent a lasting legacy of Victorian engineering."
tagline: "Civil engineer (born 1817)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_John_Fowler.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1817-07-15"
deathDate: "1898-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.202247191011237
  historical:           11.56360933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 241
sources:
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    title: "Джон Фавлер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون فاولر (مهندس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fowler"
    title: "John Fowler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fowler_(Eisenbahningenieur)"
    title: "John Fowler (Eisenbahningenieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Fowler%2C_1st_Baronet"
    title: "Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fowler"
    title: "John Fowler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fowler_(ing%C3%A9nieur)"
    title: "John Fowler (ingénieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fowler_(ingegnere_civile)"
    title: "John Fowler (ingegnere civile)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョン・ファウラー"
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  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fowler"
    title: "John Fowler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fowler"
    title: "John Fowler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80)"
    title: "Фаулер, Джон (железнодорожный инженер)"
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    title: "John Fowler"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump