# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-sellers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:34:36.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-sellers"
name: "William Sellers"
slug: "william-sellers"
description: "William Sellers was a mechanical engineer, manufacturer, businessman, noted abolitionist, and inventor who filed more than 90 patents, most notably the design for the United States standard screw thread, the standard bolt and machine screw thread still used today. As president of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sellers proposed the adoption of a system of screw threads which was easier for ordinary mechanics and machinists to cut than a similar design by Joseph Whitworth. For many years, he led the machine tool firm of William Sellers & Co., which was a very influential machine tool builder during the latter half of the 19th century."
tagline: "American businessman (1824–1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Sellers.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1824-09-19"
deathDate: "1905-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.43
  momentum:             1.41304347826087
  historical:           7.20756
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783384/"
    handle:    "nm0783384"
sources:
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    title: "Селлерс, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام سيلرز"
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    title: "ويليام سيلرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sellers"
    title: "William Sellers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sellers"
    title: "William Sellers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sellers"
    title: "William Sellers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sellers"
    title: "William Sellers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sellers"
    title: "William Sellers"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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