# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-mckellar
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:56:10.676Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrew-mckellar"
name: "Andrew McKellar"
slug: "andrew-mckellar"
description: "Andrew McKellar, MBE, FRSC was a Canadian astronomer who first detected the presence of molecular matter in interstellar space, and found the first evidence of the cosmic radiation left over from the Big Bang."
tagline: "Canadian astronomer (1910–1960)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1910-02-02"
deathDate: "1960-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.871778666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_McKellar"
    title: "Andrew McKellar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_McKellar"
    title: "Andrew McKellar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_McKellar"
    title: "Andrew McKellar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8E_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Ендрю Мак-Келлар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_McKellar"
    title: "Andrew McKellar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8E"
    title: "Маккеллар, Эндрю"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4275765"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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