# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-paul-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:03:01.230Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/r-paul-butler"
name: "R. Paul Butler"
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description: "Robert Paul Butler is an astronomer and staff scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C., who searches for extrasolar planets."
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birthDate: "1960"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump