# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pierre-mechain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:36:16.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pierre-mechain"
name: "Pierre Méchain"
slug: "pierre-mechain"
description: "Pierre François André Méchain was a French astronomer and surveyor who, with Charles Messier, was a major contributor to the early study of deep-sky objects and comets."
tagline: "French mathematician and astronomer (1744-1804)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1744-08-16"
deathDate: "1804-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump