# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-duane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:01:28.705Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-duane"
name: "William Duane"
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description: "William Duane was an American physicist who conducted research on radioactivity and X-rays and their usage in the treatment of cancer. He developed the Duane-Hunt Law and Duane's hypothesis. He worked with Pierre and Marie Curie in their University of Paris laboratory for six years and developed a method for generating quantities of radon-222 \"seeds\" from radium for usage in early forms of brachytherapy."
tagline: "American physicist (1872–1935)"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1872-02-17"
deathDate: "1935-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump