# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-a-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:21:58.160Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-a-watson"
name: "Thomas A. Watson"
slug: "thomas-a-watson"
description: "Thomas Augustus Watson was an American inventor and assistant to Alexander Graham Bell in the invention of the telephone in 1876. Afterwards, he founded the Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company, which became a major shipyard during World War II."
tagline: "American inventor and businessperson; assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (1854–1934)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_A._Watson_cph.3b07402.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1854-01-18"
deathDate: "1934-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump