# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-alfred-mitchell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:06:03.985Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-alfred-mitchell"
name: "Samuel Alfred Mitchell"
slug: "samuel-alfred-mitchell"
description: "Samuel Alfred Mitchell was a Canadian-American astronomer who studied solar eclipses and set up a program to use photographic techniques to determine the distance to stars at McCormick Observatory, where he served as the director."
tagline: "American astronomer (1874–1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_Alfred_Mitchell.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1874-04-29"
deathDate: "1960-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.536969333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Alfred_Mitchell"
    title: "Samuel Alfred Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%84"
    title: "صموئيل ألفريد ميتشل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Alfred_Mitchell"
    title: "Samuel Alfred Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Alfred_Mitchell"
    title: "Samuel Alfred Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Mitchell"
    title: "Samuel Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Митчелл, Самуэль Альфред"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Alfred_Mitchell"
    title: "Samuel Alfred Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2559671"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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