# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/prosper-rene-blondlot
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:59:04.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/prosper-rene-blondlot"
name: "Prosper-René Blondlot"
slug: "prosper-rene-blondlot"
description: "Prosper-René Blondlot was a French physicist, who in 1891 made the first measurement of the speed of radio waves, but is more remembered for his \"discovery\" of N rays, a phenomenon that subsequently proved to be illusory."
tagline: "French physicist (1849–1930)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1849-07-03"
deathDate: "1930-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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    title: "Рене Блондло"
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    title: "René Blondlot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Blondlot"
    title: "René Blondlot"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Blondlot"
    title: "René Blondlot"
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    title: "Prosper-René Blondlot"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper-Ren%C3%A9_Blondlot"
    title: "Prosper-René Blondlot"
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    title: "پرسپه-رنه بلندلو"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Blondlot"
    title: "René Blondlot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Blondlot"
    title: "René Blondlot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper-Ren%C3%A9_Blondlot"
    title: "Prosper-René Blondlot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ルネ・ブロンロ"
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    title: "Блондло, Рене"
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    title: "René Blondlot"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump