# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-scherzer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:19:08.503Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-scherzer"
name: "William Scherzer"
slug: "william-scherzer"
description: "William Donald Scherzer  was an American engineer and inventor who invented the rolling lift bridge."
tagline: "American engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Donald_Scherzer_1893.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1858-01-27"
deathDate: "1893-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.48
  momentum:             5.988023952095809
  historical:           4.609612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Donald_Scherzer"
    title: "William Donald Scherzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Donald_Scherzer"
    title: "William Donald Scherzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scherzer"
    title: "William Scherzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scherzer"
    title: "William Scherzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scherzer"
    title: "William Scherzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568938"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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