# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-craig-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:26:48.148Z

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name: "James Craig Watson"
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description: "James Craig Watson was a Canadian-American astronomer, discoverer of comets and minor planets, director of the University of Michigan's Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor, and awarded with the Lalande Prize in 1869."
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birthDate: "1838-01-28"
deathDate: "1880-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump