# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-baily
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:59:13.197Z

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name: "Francis Baily"
slug: "francis-baily"
description: "Francis Baily was an English astronomer. He is most famous for his observations of \"Baily's beads\" during a total eclipse of the Sun. Baily was also a major figure in the early history of the Royal Astronomical Society, as one of the founders and as the president four times."
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birthDate: "1774-04-28"
deathDate: "1844-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump