# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roger-angel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:28:25.501Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roger-angel"
name: "Roger Angel"
slug: "roger-angel"
description: "James Roger Prior Angel is a British-American astrophysicist known for his contributions to astronomy and the design and fabrication of large optics for telescopes, solar power and other applications. He developed the spin casting and stressed lap polishing techniques used at the University of Arizona Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab to produce mirrors for some of the largest optical telescopes in the world. He is a Regents' Professor of Astronomy and Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona."
tagline: "American astronomer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1941-02-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.14
  momentum:             3.651464814255511
  historical:           5.673074666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Angel"
    title: "Roger Angel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84"
    title: "روجر أنجل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Angel"
    title: "Roger Angel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Roger_Prior_Angel"
    title: "James Roger Prior Angel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Angel"
    title: "Roger Angel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Angel"
    title: "Roger Angel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2161590"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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