# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolay-gennadiyevich-basov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:38:15.317Z

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name: "Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov"
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description: "Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov was a Soviet physicist and educator. For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes."
tagline: "Soviet physicist (1922-2001)"
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birthDate: "1922-12-14"
deathDate: "2001-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump