# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-dingle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:13:06.221Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-dingle"
name: "Herbert Dingle"
slug: "herbert-dingle"
description: "Herbert Dingle was an English physicist and philosopher of science, who served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1951 to 1953. He is best known for his opposition to Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity and the protracted controversy that this provoked."
tagline: "British astronomer and historian of science (1890–1978)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1890-08-02"
deathDate: "1978-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.41566265060241
  historical:           9.413644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Дингл, Герберт"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump