# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raymond-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:57:59.834Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raymond-wilson"
name: "Raymond Wilson"
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description: "Raymond Neil Wilson was an English physicist and telescope optics designer, best known for pioneering the use of active optics in large telescopes."
tagline: "English astronomer (1928-2018)"
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category:
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birthDate: "1928-03-23"
deathDate: "2018-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump