# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-binney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:28:10.657Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/james-binney"
name: "James Binney"
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description: "James Jeffrey Binney, FRS, FInstP is a British astrophysicist. He is a professor of physics at the University of Oxford and former head of the Sub-Department of Theoretical Physics as well as an Emeritus Fellow of Merton College. Binney is known principally for his work in theoretical galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, though he has made a number of contributions to areas outside of astrophysics as well."
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birthDate: "1950-04-12"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump