# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-w-sciama
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:57:30.064Z

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name: "Dennis W. Sciama"
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description: "Dennis William Siahou Sciama, was an English physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He was the PhD supervisor to many famous physicists and astrophysicists, including John D. Barrow, David Deutsch, George F. R. Ellis, Stephen Hawking, Adrian Melott and Martin Rees, among others; he is considered one of the fathers of modern cosmology."
tagline: "British physicist (1926–1999)"
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birthDate: "1926-11-18"
deathDate: "1999-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump