# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-askins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:53:29.172Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-askins"
name: "Barbara Askins"
slug: "barbara-askins"
description: "Barbara S. Askins is an American chemist. She is best known for her invention of a method to enhance underexposed photographic negatives. This development was used extensively by NASA and the medical industry, and it earned Askins the title of National Inventor of the Year in 1978."
tagline: "American chemist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbara_Askins%2C_Chemist_-_GPN-2004-00022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1939"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump