# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-froude
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:27:48.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-froude"
name: "William Froude"
slug: "william-froude"
description: "William Froude was an English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect. He was the first to formulate reliable laws for the resistance that water offers to ships and for predicting their stability."
tagline: "British engineer and naval architect (1810–1879)"
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birthDate: "1810-11-28"
deathDate: "1879-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump