# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/f-albert-cotton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:00:55.424Z

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name: "F. Albert Cotton"
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description: "Frank Albert Cotton FRS was an American chemist. He was the W.T. Doherty-Welch Foundation Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. He authored over 1600 scientific articles. Cotton was recognized for his research on the chemistry of the transition metals."
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country:
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birthDate: "1930-04-09"
deathDate: "2007-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump