# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-plimpton-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:46:28.708Z

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name: "Edwin Plimpton Adams"
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description: "Edwin Plimpton Adams was an American physicist known for translating Einstein's lectures. Clinton Joseph Davisson attended his lectures. Adams was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1915."
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birthDate: "1878-01-23"
deathDate: "1956-12-31"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump