# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-j-de-solla-price
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:11:57.724Z

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name: "Derek J. de Solla Price"
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description: "Derek John de Solla Price was a British physicist, historian of science, and information scientist. He was known for his investigation of the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek planetary computer, and for quantitative studies on scientific publications, which led to his being described as the \"Herald of scientometrics\"."
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birthDate: "1922-01-22"
deathDate: "1983-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump