# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arnold-wolfendale
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:26:36.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arnold-wolfendale"
name: "Arnold Wolfendale"
slug: "arnold-wolfendale"
description: "Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham University from 1965 until 1992 and served as president of the European Physical Society (1999–2001). He was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983."
tagline: "British physicist (1927–2020)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1927-06-25"
deathDate: "2020-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump