# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dean-benjamin-mclaughlin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:56:36.579Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/dean-benjamin-mclaughlin"
name: "Dean Benjamin McLaughlin"
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description: "Dean Benjamin McLaughlin was an American astronomer. He was a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan. He was the father of the science fiction author Dean B. McLaughlin, Jr."
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birthDate: "1901-10-25"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump