# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-emerson-barnard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:23:12.991Z

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name: "Edward Emerson Barnard"
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description: "Edward Emerson Barnard was an American astronomer. He was commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of the high proper motion of Barnard's Star in 1916, which is named in his honor."
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birthDate: "1857-12-16"
deathDate: "1923-02-06"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump