# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvan-clark
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:09:03.798Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvan-clark"
name: "Alvan Clark"
slug: "alvan-clark"
description: "Alvan Clark was an American astronomer and telescope maker."
tagline: "American astronomer and artist (1804-1887)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1891_AlvanClark_Boston.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1804-03-08"
deathDate: "1887-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.829268292682927
  historical:           16.812528
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Alvan Clark"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump