# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-ainsworth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:02:30.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-ainsworth"
name: "Thomas Ainsworth"
slug: "thomas-ainsworth"
description: "Thomas Ainsworth (1795–1841) was an Englishman and the founding father of Nijverdal, a small town in the Netherlands, during the 19th century. He laid the basis for the Royal Steam Weaving Mill (KSW) in Nijverdal in 1836 that is still operating today under the name Koninklijke Ten Cate NV."
tagline: "Textile engineer and founder of the Twente Steam Bleachworks in Goor, the Netherlands."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Ainsworth.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1795-12-22"
deathDate: "1841-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.60702
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ainsworth"
    title: "Thomas Ainsworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ainsworth"
    title: "Thomas Ainsworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ainsworth"
    title: "Thomas Ainsworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds_nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ainsworth"
    title: "Thomas Ainsworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ainsworth"
    title: "Thomas Ainsworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333147"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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