# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcel-minnaert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:26:47.138Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/marcel-minnaert"
name: "Marcel Minnaert"
slug: "marcel-minnaert"
description: "Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert was a Belgian-Dutch astronomer. He was born in Bruges and died in Utrecht. He is notable for his contributions to astronomy and physics and for a popular book on meteorological optics: Light and colour in the open air, first published in English in 1940."
tagline: "Belgian-Dutch astronomer (1893–1970)"
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birthDate: "1893-02-12"
deathDate: "1970-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump