# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gregory-benford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:31:53.879Z

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description: "Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine."
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birthDate: "1941-01-30"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump