# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-d-kraus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:20:24.683Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/john-d-kraus"
name: "John D. Kraus"
slug: "john-d-kraus"
description: "John Daniel Kraus was an American physicist and electrical engineer known for his contributions to electromagnetics, radio astronomy, and antenna theory. His inventions included the helical antenna, the corner reflector antenna, and several other types of antennas. He designed the Big Ear radio telescope at Ohio State University, which was constructed mostly by a team of OSU students and was used to carry out the Ohio Sky Survey. Kraus held a number of patents and published widely."
tagline: "American astronomer"
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birthDate: "1910-06-28"
deathDate: "2004-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump