# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-dalgarno
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:59:00.945Z

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name: "Alexander Dalgarno"
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description: "Alexander Dalgarno FRS was a British physicist who was a Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University."
tagline: "British physicist and father of molecular astrophysics (1928–2015)"
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birthDate: "1928-01-05"
deathDate: "2015-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump