# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-samuel-henson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:52:58.340Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-samuel-henson"
name: "William Samuel Henson"
slug: "william-samuel-henson"
description: "William Samuel Henson was a British-born pre-Wright brothers aviation pioneer, engineer and inventor. He is best known for his work on the aerial steam carriage alongside John Stringfellow."
tagline: "Aviation engineer and inventor (1812–1888)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henson_William_01_edited.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1812-05-03"
deathDate: "1888-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Samuel Henson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump