# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-alcock
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:27:34.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-alcock"
name: "George Alcock"
slug: "george-alcock"
description: "George Eric Deacon Alcock was an English amateur astronomer. He was one of the most successful visual discoverers of novae and comets."
tagline: "English astronomer (1912–2000)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/George_Alcock_with_binoculars.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1912-08-28"
deathDate: "2000-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "George Alcock"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump