# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-purdy-ney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:09:52.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-purdy-ney"
name: "Edward Purdy Ney"
slug: "edward-purdy-ney"
description: "Edward Purdy Ney was an American physicist who made major contributions to cosmic ray research, atmospheric physics, heliophysics, and infrared astronomy. He was a discoverer of cosmic ray heavy nuclei and of solar proton events. He pioneered the use of high-altitude balloons for scientific investigations and helped to develop procedures and equipment that underlie modern scientific ballooning. He was one of the first researchers to put experiments aboard spacecraft."
tagline: "American physicist (1920-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Purdy_Ney.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-10-28"
deathDate: "1996-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.63
  momentum:             1.384615384615385
  historical:           4.60486
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "إدوارد بي ني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "ادوارد بى نى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%86._%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "ادوارد ن. نای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_P._Ney"
    title: "Edward P. Ney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Purdy_Ney"
    title: "Edward Purdy Ney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5344733"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump