# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-richard-fisher
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:35:10.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-richard-fisher"
name: "J. Richard Fisher"
slug: "j-richard-fisher"
description: "James Richard Fisher is an American astronomer. He received his Ph.D. in Astronomy in 1972 from the University of Maryland, College Park and his B.S. in Physics in 1965 from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park."
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birthDate: "1943-12-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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    title: "J. Richard Fisher"
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    title: "J. Richard Fisher"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump