# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gordon-danby
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:50:40.711Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/gordon-danby"
name: "Gordon Danby"
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description: "Gordon Thompson Danby was a Canadian-American physicist notable for his work on superconducting Maglev, for which he shared the Franklin Institute 'Medal 2000 for Engineering'."
tagline: "American physicist (1929–2016)"
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birthDate: "1929-11-08"
deathDate: "2016-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump