# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/curtis-j-humphreys
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:17:20.439Z

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name: "Curtis J. Humphreys"
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description: "Curtis Judson Humphreys was an American physicist born in Alliance, Ohio, USA and educated at the University of Michigan. He was chief of the Radiometry Section of the U.S. Navy during the 1940s. He is famous for discovering the Humphreys series of the hydrogen atom."
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deathDate: "1986-11-22"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump