# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-l-schechter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:34:14.378Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-l-schechter"
name: "Paul L. Schechter"
slug: "paul-l-schechter"
description: "Paul L. Schechter is an American astronomer and observational cosmologist. He is the William A. M. Burden Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus, at MIT."
tagline: "American astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PaulSchechter1977.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1948-05-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "পল শেখটার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_L._Schechter"
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    title: "Пол Шехтер"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump