# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-ellis-q1153445
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:56:53.866Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-ellis-q1153445"
name: "Richard Ellis"
slug: "richard-ellis-q1153445"
description: "Richard Salisbury Ellis is a Welsh astronomer. He is Professor of Astrophysics at the University College London. He previously served as the Steele Professor of Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He was awarded the 2011 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, in 2022 the Royal Medal of the Royal Society and in 2023 the Gruber Prize in Cosmology."
tagline: "British astronomer"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1950-05-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump