# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeffrey-s-medkeff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:18:39.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeffrey-s-medkeff"
name: "Jeffrey S. Medkeff"
slug: "jeffrey-s-medkeff"
description: "Jeffrey S. Medkeff, usually known as Jeff Medkeff, was a prominent science writer and educator. He was also a designer of robotic telescopes, a minor philanthropist, and an advocate of personal and sexual freedom."
tagline: "American astronomer and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BM_2008_W49A_TEMPLE.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1968"
deathDate: "2008-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.07
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.001656000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جیفری ایس میڈکیف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "جيفرى ميدكيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_S._Medkeff"
    title: "Jeffrey S. Medkeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_S._Medkeff"
    title: "Jeffrey S. Medkeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_S._Medkeff"
    title: "Jeffrey S. Medkeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_S._Medkeff"
    title: "Jeffrey S. Medkeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_S._Medkeff"
    title: "Jeffrey S. Medkeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_S._Medkeff"
    title: "Jeffrey S. Medkeff"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551646"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump