# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sylvanus-thayer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:19:13.005Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sylvanus-thayer"
name: "Sylvanus Thayer"
slug: "sylvanus-thayer"
description: "Sylvanus Thayer was an American military officer, engineer and educator who served as the fifth superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1817 to 1833. He is remembered as the \"Father of the Military Academy\" for reforming the institution to its current standards, and was an early advocate of engineering education in the United States."
tagline: "United States colonel"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SylvanusThayer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1785-06-09"
deathDate: "1872-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.23
  momentum:             1.573907839616996
  historical:           6.402957333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvanus_Thayer"
    title: "Sylvanus Thayer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvanus_Thayer"
    title: "Sylvanus Thayer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvanus_Thayer"
    title: "Sylvanus Thayer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD_%D4%B9%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%A5%D6%80"
    title: "Սիլվանուս Թեյեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvanus_Thayer"
    title: "Sylvanus Thayer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%A4%EB%B0%94%EB%88%84%EC%8A%A4_%EC%84%B8%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B4"
    title: "실바누스 세이어"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Тейер, Силванус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374046"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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