# William Petrie

> William Petrie was an English electrical engineer, known for the development of the arc lamp.

*English engineer (1821–1908)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-petrie

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1821-01-21
- **Died:** 1908-03-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 3.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 19.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 43.0 / 100

## Sources
- [ویلیام پتری (الکتریک موهندیسی)](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C_(%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C))
- [William Petrie](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Petrie)
- [William Petrie (electrical engineer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Petrie_(electrical_engineer))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2580235)

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