# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-astbury
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:37:55.779Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-astbury"
name: "William Astbury"
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description: "William Thomas Astbury FRS was an English physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules. His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the α-helix. He also studied the structure for DNA in 1937 and made the first step in the elucidation of its structure."
tagline: "British biochemist (1898-1961)"
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birthDate: "1898-02-25"
deathDate: "1961-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump