# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-frederick-durand
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:15:27.702Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-frederick-durand"
name: "William Frederick Durand"
slug: "william-frederick-durand"
description: "William Frederick Durand was a United States naval officer and pioneer mechanical engineer. He contributed significantly to the development of aircraft propellers. He was the first civilian chair of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the forerunner of NASA."
tagline: "American naval officer and engineering instructor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Durand.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1859-03-05"
deathDate: "1958-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1401869158878505
  historical:           6.541145333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William F. Durand"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump