# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-jackson-palmer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:44:48.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-jackson-palmer"
name: "William Jackson Palmer"
slug: "william-jackson-palmer"
description: "William Jackson Palmer was an American civil engineer and veteran of the American Civil War. During the Civil War, he was promoted to brevet brigadier general and received a Medal of Honor for his actions."
tagline: "American engineer and American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor (1836–1909)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Jackson_Palmer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1836-09-18"
deathDate: "1909-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.43
  momentum:             0.08754208754208755
  historical:           6.587261333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_Palmer"
    title: "William Jackson Palmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام جاكسون بالمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_Palmer"
    title: "William Jackson Palmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_Palmer"
    title: "William Jackson Palmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_Palmer"
    title: "William Jackson Palmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_Palmer"
    title: "William Jackson Palmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_Palmer"
    title: "William Jackson Palmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8013404"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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