# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-russell-newton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:17:34.196Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-russell-newton"
name: "Robert Russell Newton"
slug: "robert-russell-newton"
description: "Robert Russell Newton was an American physicist, astronomer, and historian of science."
tagline: "American astronomer"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1918-07-07"
deathDate: "1991-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             1.013513513513514
  historical:           7.205868000000001
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump