# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-frederick-meggers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:45:38.508Z

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name: "William Frederick Meggers"
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description: "William Frederick Meggers was an American physicist specialising in spectroscopy. His work in spectrochemistry is generally credited to have sparked interest in the field in the United States, leading to him being dubbed the Dean of American spectroscopists."
tagline: "American physicist (1888–1966)"
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birthDate: "1888-07-13"
deathDate: "1966-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump