# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-van-der-riet-woolley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:37:49.421Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-van-der-riet-woolley"
name: "Richard van der Riet Woolley"
slug: "richard-van-der-riet-woolley"
description: "Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley OBE FRS was an English astronomer who became the eleventh Astronomer Royal. His mother's maiden name was Van der Riet."
tagline: "British astronomer royal (1906–1986)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1906-04-24"
deathDate: "1986-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.36
  momentum:             4.772727272727272
  historical:           13.34085733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%92%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96"
    title: "Річард Вуллі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "ريتشارد فان دير ريت وولي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "ریچارد ون د ریت ووللی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%DB%8E%D8%B1_%DA%95%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "ڕیچارد ڤان دێر ڕیت وولی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley"
    title: "Richard van der Riet Woolley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley"
    title: "Richard van der Riet Woolley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley"
    title: "Richard van der Riet Woolley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley"
    title: "Richard van der Riet Woolley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley"
    title: "Richard van der Riet Woolley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "リチャード・ウーリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Woolley"
    title: "Richard Woolley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley"
    title: "Richard van der Riet Woolley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley"
    title: "Richard van der Riet Woolley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Вулли, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley"
    title: "Richard van der Riet Woolley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%92%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Ричард ван де Рит Вули"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2397435"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump