# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lewis-a-swift
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:45:41.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lewis-a-swift"
name: "Lewis A. Swift"
slug: "lewis-a-swift"
description: "Lewis A. Swift was an American astronomer who discovered 13 comets and 1,248 previously uncatalogued nebulae. Only William Herschel discovered more nebulae visually."
tagline: "American astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lewis_Swift.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1820-02-29"
deathDate: "1913-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump