# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/winford-lee-lewis
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:22:41.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/winford-lee-lewis"
name: "Winford Lee Lewis"
slug: "winford-lee-lewis"
description: "Winford Lee Lewis was a US soldier and chemist best known for his rediscovery of the chemical warfare agent lewisite in 1917. He was born in Gridley, California and died in his home in Evanston, Illinois in 1943 following a fall."
tagline: "American chemist (1878-1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julius_Nieuwland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1878-05-29"
deathDate: "1943-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.672498666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Winford Lee Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winford_Lee_Lewis"
    title: "Winford Lee Lewis"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winford_Lee_Lewis"
    title: "Winford Lee Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%87%E7%A6%8F%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E6%9D%8E%C2%B7%E8%B7%AF%E6%98%93%E6%96%AF"
    title: "文福德·李·路易斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winford_Lee_Lewis"
    title: "Winford Lee Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Винфорд Луис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569322"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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