# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-zhilova
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:24:12.003Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-zhilova"
name: "Maria Zhilova"
slug: "maria-zhilova"
description: "Maria Vasilyevna Zhilova was the first female professional astronomer in the Russian Empire. She worked as astronomer and orbit calculator at the Pulkovo Observatory from 1895 to 1930."
tagline: "Russian astronomer"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1871-01-09"
deathDate: "1934-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.57
  momentum:             4.285714285714284
  historical:           5.467854666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Jilova"
    title: "Maria Jilova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Jilova"
    title: "Maria Jilova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Zhilova"
    title: "Maria Zhilova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "மரியா வாசிலியேவ்னா சிலோவா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Vasil'evna_%C5%BDilova"
    title: "Marija Vasil'evna Žilova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Zjilova"
    title: "Maria Zjilova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3291089"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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