# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicholas-mayall
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:09:56.102Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/nicholas-mayall"
name: "Nicholas Mayall"
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description: "Nicholas Ulrich Mayall was an American observational astronomer. After obtaining his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, Mayall worked at the Lick Observatory, where he remained from 1934 to 1960, except for a brief period at MIT's Radiation Laboratory during World War II."
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birthDate: "1906-05-09"
deathDate: "1993-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump