# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/julius-plucker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:19:37.399Z

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name: "Julius Plücker"
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description: "Julius Plücker was a German mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the field of analytical geometry and was a pioneer in the investigations of cathode rays that led eventually to the discovery of the electron. He also vastly extended the study of Lamé curves."
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deathDate: "1868-05-22"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump