# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-ellard-gore
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:48:19.556Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-ellard-gore"
name: "John Ellard Gore"
slug: "john-ellard-gore"
description: "John Ellard Gore was an Irish amateur astronomer and prolific author, and a founding member of the British Astronomical Association. He was mainly interested in variable stars of which he discovered several, most notably W Cygni in 1884, U Orionis in 1885, and independently discovered Nova Persei.\nIn 2009, the IAU named a lunar impact crater after Gore."
tagline: "Irish astronomer and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Ellard_Gore.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "1845-06-01"
deathDate: "1910-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.802124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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