# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-piazzi-smyth
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:35:21.080Z

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name: "Charles Piazzi Smyth"
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description: "Charles Piazzi Smyth was a British astronomer who was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888; he is known for many innovations in astronomy and, along with his wife Jessica Duncan Piazzi Smyth, his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza."
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birthDate: "1817-01-03"
deathDate: "1900-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump