# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-royds
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:57:36.492Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-royds"
name: "Thomas Royds"
slug: "thomas-royds"
description: "Thomas Royds was a British solar physicist who worked with Ernest Rutherford on the identification of alpha radiation as the nucleus of the helium atom, and who was Director of the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, India."
tagline: "British physicist (1884-1955)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1884-04-11"
deathDate: "1955-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump