# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-bradley-q312278
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:26:31.167Z

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name: "James Bradley"
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description: "James Bradley was an English astronomer and priest who served as the third Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light (1725–1728), and the nutation of the Earth's axis (1728–1748)."
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birthDate: "1693"
deathDate: "1762-07-13"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump