# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-cottrell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:37:00.445Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-cottrell"
name: "Alan Cottrell"
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description: "Sir Alan Howard Cottrell, FRS was an English metallurgist and physicist. He was also former Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government and vice-chancellor of Cambridge University 1977–1979."
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birthDate: "1919-07-17"
deathDate: "2012-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump