# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-evershed
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:27:05.608Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/john-evershed"
name: "John Evershed"
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description: "John Evershed CIE FRS FRAS was an English astronomer. He was the first to observe radial motions in sunspots, a phenomenon now known as the Evershed effect."
tagline: "British astronomer (1864-1956)"
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birthDate: "1864-02-26"
deathDate: "1956-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump