# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-campbell-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:27:29.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-campbell-brown"
name: "John Campbell Brown"
slug: "john-campbell-brown"
description: "John Campbell Brown was a Scottish astronomer who worked primarily in solar physics. He held the posts of Astronomer Royal for Scotland, the Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Glasgow, and honorary professorships at both the University of Edinburgh and the University of Aberdeen."
tagline: "British astronomer (1947-2019)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1947-02-04"
deathDate: "2019-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump