# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-a-bradfield
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:02:56.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-a-bradfield"
name: "William A. Bradfield"
slug: "william-a-bradfield"
description: "William Ashley Bradfield was a New Zealand-born Australian amateur astronomer, notable as a prolific amateur discoverer of comets. He discovered 18 comets, all of which bear his name as the sole discoverer."
tagline: "Australian amateur astronomer"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1927-06-20"
deathDate: "2014-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.540929333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威廉·阿什利·布拉德菲爾德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام برادفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradfield"
    title: "William Bradfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Bradfield"
    title: "William A. Bradfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Bradfield"
    title: "William A. Bradfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ashley_Bradfield"
    title: "William Ashley Bradfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradfield"
    title: "William Bradfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ashley_Bradfield"
    title: "William Ashley Bradfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ashley_Bradfield"
    title: "William Ashley Bradfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вилијам Е. Бредфилд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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