# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-graham-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:30:40.383Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-graham-smith"
name: "Francis Graham-Smith"
slug: "francis-graham-smith"
description: "Sir Francis Graham-Smith was a British astronomer. He was the 13th Astronomer Royal from 1982 to 1990 and was knighted in 1986."
tagline: "British astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis_Graham_Smith.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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birthDate: "1923-04-25"
deathDate: "2025-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump