# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raymond-priestley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:13:37.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raymond-priestley"
name: "Raymond Priestley"
slug: "raymond-priestley"
description: "Sir Raymond Edward Priestley was an English geologist and early Antarctic explorer. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, where he helped found The Raymond Priestley Centre on the shores of Coniston Water in the Lake District National Park."
tagline: "English geologist, British Army officer and military historian (1886–1974)"
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country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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birthDate: "1886-07-20"
deathDate: "1974-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump