# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-a-tilden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:31:54.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-a-tilden"
name: "William A. Tilden"
slug: "william-a-tilden"
description: "William Augustus Tilden was a British chemist. He discovered that isoprene could be made from turpentine. He was unable to turn this discovery into a way to make commercially viable synthetic rubber."
tagline: "British chemist (1842–1926)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1842-08-15"
deathDate: "1926-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  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