# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steven-balbus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:06:07.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steven-balbus"
name: "Steven Balbus"
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description: "Steven Andrew Balbus is an American astrophysicist who is the Savilian Professor of Astronomy Emeritus at the University of Oxford and a senior research fellow at New College, Oxford. In 2013, he shared the Shaw Prize for Astronomy with John F. Hawley."
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birthDate: "1953-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump