# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-dobson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:16:17.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-dobson"
name: "John Dobson"
slug: "john-dobson"
description: "John Lowry Dobson was an American amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope. He was also known for his efforts to promote awareness of astronomy through public lectures including his performances of \"sidewalk astronomy\". Dobson was also the co-founder of the amateur astronomical group, the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers."
tagline: "American astronomer (1915–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnDobson2002.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1915-09-14"
deathDate: "2014-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.29870666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2003766"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump