# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurent-cassegrain
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:47:10.525Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurent-cassegrain"
name: "Laurent Cassegrain"
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description: "Laurent Cassegrain was a Catholic priest who is notable as the probable inventor of the Cassegrain reflector, a folded two-mirror reflecting telescope design."
tagline: "French priest, astronomer and physicist (1629-1693)"
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birthDate: "1629"
deathDate: "1693-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump