# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-spencer-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:48:28.021Z

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name: "Harold Spencer Jones"
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description: "Sir Harold Spencer Jones KBE FRS FRSE PRAS was an English astronomer. He became renowned as an authority on positional astronomy and served as the tenth Astronomer Royal for 23 years. Although born \"Jones\", his surname became \"Spencer Jones\"."
tagline: "British astronomer (1890–1960)"
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birthDate: "1890-03-29"
deathDate: "1960-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump