# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/verena-holmes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:38:14.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/verena-holmes"
name: "Verena Holmes"
slug: "verena-holmes"
description: "Verena Winifred Holmes was an English mechanical engineer and multi-field inventor, the first woman member elected to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1924) and the Institution of Locomotive Engineers (1931), and was a strong supporter of women in engineering. She was one of the early members of the Women's Engineering Society, and its president in 1931. She was the first practising engineer to serve as president of the society."
tagline: "English mechanical engineer and inventor (1889–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Verena_Holmes%2C_President_of_the_Women's_Engineering_Society_1930.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1889-06-23"
deathDate: "1964-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.3
  momentum:             0.547945205479452
  historical:           5.938877333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Holmes"
    title: "Verena Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "فيرينا هولمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Holmes"
    title: "Verena Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Holmes"
    title: "Verena Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Holmes"
    title: "Verena Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Holmes"
    title: "Verena Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Holmes"
    title: "Verena Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41619"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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