# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-hanbury-brown
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:01:31.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-hanbury-brown"
name: "Robert Hanbury Brown"
slug: "robert-hanbury-brown"
description: "Robert Hanbury Brown, AC FRS was a British astronomer and physicist born in Aruvankadu, India. He made notable contributions to the development of radar and later conducted pioneering work in the field of radio astronomy."
tagline: "British astronomer and physicist, born in India (1916–2002)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1916-08-31"
deathDate: "2002-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump