# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-schonland
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:14:38.883Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-schonland"
name: "Basil Schonland"
slug: "basil-schonland"
description: "Sir Basil Ferdinand Jamieson Schonland OMG CBE FRS was noted for his research on lightning, his involvement in the development of radar during World War II and for being the first president of the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research."
tagline: "South African physicist (1896–1972)"
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country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1896-02-02"
deathDate: "1972-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump