# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-augustus-young
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:44:13.900Z

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name: "Charles Augustus Young"
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description: "Charles Augustus Young one of the foremost solar spectroscopist astronomers in the United States. He observed solar eclipses and worked on spectroscopy of the Sun. He observed a solar flare with a spectroscope on 3 August 1872, and also noted that it coincided with a magnetic storm on Earth."
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birthDate: "1834-12-15"
deathDate: "1908-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump