# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herve-faye
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:01:59.308Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herve-faye"
name: "Hervé Faye"
slug: "herve-faye"
description: "Hervé Auguste Étienne Albans Faye was a French astronomer, born at Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (Indre) and educated at the École Polytechnique, which he left in 1834, before completing his course, to accept a position in the Paris Observatory to which he had been appointed on the recommendation of M. Arago. It was during his time at the École Polytechnique that he developed his interest in astronomy."
tagline: "French astronomer (1814–1902)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1814-10-01"
deathDate: "1902-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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