# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-otis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:43:33.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-otis"
name: "William Otis"
slug: "william-otis"
description: "William Smith Otis was an American inventor of the steam shovel. Otis received a patent for his creation on February 24, 1839."
tagline: "American inventor (1813–1839)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bass_Otis_-_William_Smith_Otis_-_NPG.2015.43_-_National_Portrait_Gallery.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: "1813-09-20"
deathDate: "1839-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.679014666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Otis"
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    title: "William Otis"
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    title: "William Otis"
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  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Otis"
    title: "William Otis"
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  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Otis"
    title: "William Otis"
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    title: "William Otis"
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    title: "William Otis"
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  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Otis"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump