# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-hopkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:07:24.711Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harold-hopkins"
name: "Harold Hopkins"
slug: "harold-hopkins"
description: "Harold Horace Hopkins FRS was a British physicist. His Wave Theory of Aberrations helped provide the mathematical analysis enabling the use of computers to create high-quality lenses. In addition to his theoretical work, his many inventions led to daily use worldwide. These include zoom lenses, coherent fibre-optics, and rod-lens endoscopes, which were used in keyhole surgery. He was the recipient of many awards and was twice nominated for a Nobel Prize."
tagline: "British physicist"
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country:
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birthDate: "1918-12-06"
deathDate: "1994-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump