# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-august-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:53:28.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-august-anderson"
name: "John August Anderson"
slug: "john-august-anderson"
description: "John August Anderson was an American astronomer who made significant contributions to improving astronomical instruments in the early 20th century, especially diffraction gratings."
tagline: "American astronomer (1876–1959)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1876-08-07"
deathDate: "1959-12-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.939393939393939
  historical:           14.404968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump