# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-pickering
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:21:18.144Z

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name: "William Henry Pickering"
slug: "william-henry-pickering"
description: "William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer. Pickering constructed and established several observatories or astronomical observation stations, notably including Percival Lowell's Flagstaff Observatory. He spent much of the later part of his life at his private observatory in Jamaica."
tagline: "American astronomer (1858–1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Henry_Pickering.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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birthDate: "1858-02-15"
deathDate: "1938-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump