# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-molyneux
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:46:36.829Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-molyneux"
name: "Samuel Molyneux"
slug: "samuel-molyneux"
description: "Samuel Molyneux FRS was an amateur astronomer and politician who sat in the British House of Commons between 1715 and 1728 and in the Irish House of Commons from 1727 to 1728. His work with James Bradley attempting to measure stellar parallax led to the discovery of the aberration of light. The aberration was the first definite evidence that the earth moved and that Copernicus and Kepler were correct. In addition to his astronomical works, Molyneux wrote about the natural history and other features of Ireland. He died in suspicious circumstances."
tagline: "Irish politician (1689-1728)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary_Toft_(Tofts)_appearing_to_give_birth_to_rabbits_in_the_Wellcome_V0014994.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1689-07-18"
deathDate: "1728-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.91
  momentum:             16.45038167938931
  historical:           6.538733333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Samuel Molyneux"
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    title: "صموئيل مولينو"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Molyneux"
    title: "Samuel Molyneux"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Molyneux"
    title: "Samuel Molyneux"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Molyneux"
    title: "Samuel Molyneux"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump