# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pol-swings
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:01:51.367Z

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name: "Pol Swings"
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description: "Polydore Félix Ferdinand Swings was a Belgian astrophysicist who was known for his studies of the composition and structure of stars and comets. He used spectroscopy to identify the elements in astronomical bodies, and, in particular, comets. Swings studied at the University of Liège, where he was professor of spectroscopy and astrophysics from 1932 to 1975. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Chicago in the United States."
tagline: "Astrophysicist (1906-1983)"
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birthDate: "1906-09-24"
deathDate: "1983-10-28"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump