# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-georg-palitzsch
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:32:20.588Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-georg-palitzsch"
name: "Johann Georg Palitzsch"
slug: "johann-georg-palitzsch"
description: "Johann Georg Palitzsch – 21 February 1788 in Prohlis) was a German astronomer who became famous for recovering Comet 1P/Halley on Christmas Day, 1758. The periodic nature of this comet had been deduced by its namesake Edmond Halley in 1705, but Halley had died before seeing if his prediction would come true."
tagline: "German astronomer (1723-1788)"
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birthDate: "1723-06-11"
deathDate: "1788-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump