# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-petrie
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:12:17.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-petrie"
name: "William Petrie"
slug: "william-petrie"
description: "William Petrie was an English electrical engineer, known for the development of the arc lamp."
tagline: "English engineer (1821–1908)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1821-01-21"
deathDate: "1908-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.22
  momentum:             3.461538461538462
  historical:           3.070878666666667
  currentAttention:     19.23076923076923
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  43
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "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)"
    title: "ویلیام پتری (الکتریک موهندیسی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Petrie"
    title: "William Petrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Petrie_(electrical_engineer)"
    title: "William Petrie (electrical engineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2580235"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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