# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-willis-ritchey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:54:38.801Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-willis-ritchey"
name: "George Willis Ritchey"
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description: "George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope maker and astronomer born at Tuppers Plains, Ohio."
tagline: "American astronomer (1864–1945)"
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1864-12-31"
deathDate: "1945-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump