# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/julien-peridier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:17:52.158Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/julien-peridier"
name: "Julien Peridier"
slug: "julien-peridier"
description: "Julien Péridier was a French electrical engineer and amateur astronomer. For his work he was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour. In 1933 he founded a private observatory at Le Houga (Gers), France. After his death, his library and instruments were acquired by the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas for use in teaching astronomy."
tagline: "French astronomer and engineer (1882–1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julian_Peridier.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1882-02-03"
deathDate: "1967-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           32.59
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.267386666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_P%C3%A9ridier"
    title: "Julien Péridier"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_P%C3%A9ridier"
    title: "Julien Péridier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Peridier"
    title: "Julien Peridier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_P%C3%A9ridier"
    title: "Julien Péridier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_P%C3%A9ridier"
    title: "Julien Péridier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Peridi%C3%A8r"
    title: "Julian Peridièr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3189627"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump