# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-a-sturrock
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:58:06.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-a-sturrock"
name: "Peter A. Sturrock"
slug: "peter-a-sturrock"
description: "Peter Andrew Sturrock was a British-American physicist. A professor of applied physics at Stanford University, much of Sturrock's career was devoted to astrophysics, plasma physics, and solar physics, but Sturrock was interested in other fields, including ufology, scientific inference, the history of science, and the philosophy of science. Sturrock was awarded many prizes and honors, and wrote or co-authored many scientific papers and textbooks."
tagline: "British physicist (1924-2024)"
gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1924-03-20"
deathDate: "2024-08-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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    url:       "https://profiles.stanford.edu/peter-sturrock"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump