# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-webb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:36:44.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-webb"
name: "Stephen Webb"
slug: "stephen-webb"
description: "Stephen Webb is a physicist and author of numerous popular science and math books, as well as academic publications. Webb was educated at Bristol University and, as a graduate student, attended Manchester University. Webb is currently on the academic staff at the University of Portsmouth, and is a presenter of numerous science-related non-academic talks and academic lectures. In 2018, Webb was a featured science speaker at the annual TED conference."
tagline: "British physicist"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1963-02-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/stephenswebb"
    handle:    "stephenswebb"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.stephenswebb.com/"
sources:
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Webb_(Physiker)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump