# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-hedley
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:52:27.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-hedley"
name: "William Hedley"
slug: "william-hedley"
description: "William Hedley was an English industrial engineer and inventor, born in Newburn, near Newcastle upon Tyne. He was one of the leading industrial engineers of the early 19th century, and was instrumental in several major innovations in early railway development. While working as a 'viewer' or manager at Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne, he built the first practical steam locomotive which relied simply on the adhesion of iron wheels on iron rails."
tagline: "British inventor and industrial engineer (1779-1843)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Hedley.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1779-07-13"
deathDate: "1843-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.85
  momentum:             3.225446428571429
  historical:           7.677538666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Hedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام هدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hedley"
    title: "William Hedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hedley"
    title: "William Hedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hedley"
    title: "William Hedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hedley"
    title: "William Hedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウィリアム・ヘドリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hedley"
    title: "William Hedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hedley"
    title: "William Hedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704970"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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