# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-g-marsden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:47:30.818Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-g-marsden"
name: "Brian G. Marsden"
slug: "brian-g-marsden"
description: "Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer and the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian."
tagline: "British astronomer (1937–2010)"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1937-08-05"
deathDate: "2010-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump