# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-schur
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:03:47.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-schur"
name: "Wilhelm Schur"
slug: "wilhelm-schur"
description: "Adolph Christian Wilhelm Schur, RAS Associate was a German astronomer and professor of astronomy at the University of Göttingen. He held important positions at multiple observatories throughout his career, namely deputy director of the Strasbourg Observatory and director of the Göttingen Observatory. His main work was in astrometry, although he focused on publishing astronomical catalogues in his later life."
tagline: "German astronomer (1846–1901)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm_Schur%2C_005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1846-04-15"
deathDate: "1901-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.943965517241379
  historical:           5.669186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wilhelm Schur"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "وليام شور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schur"
    title: "Wilhelm Schur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schur"
    title: "Wilhelm Schur"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schur"
    title: "Wilhelm Schur"
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    title: "Шур, Вильгельм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96764"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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