# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-ledoux
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:00:06.829Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-ledoux"
name: "Paul Ledoux"
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description: "Paul Ledoux was a Belgian astrophysicist best known for his work on stellar stability and variability. With Theodore Walraven, he co-authored a seminal work on stellar oscillations. In 1964 Ledoux was awarded the Francqui Prize for Exact Sciences, and was awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1972 for investigations into problems of stellar stability and variable stars. He was awarded the Janssen Medal of the French Academy of Sciences in 1976."
tagline: "Belgian astronomer (1914–1988)"
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birthDate: "1914-08-08"
deathDate: "1988-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump