# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-radcliffe-birt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:16:04.169Z

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name: "William Radcliffe Birt"
slug: "william-radcliffe-birt"
description: "William Radcliffe Birt FRAS was an English amateur astronomer in the 19th century. Birt was employed by John Herschel to carry out a great deal of meteorogical research on atmospheric waves, from 1839 to 1843. A lot of his work is held in the Scientist's Collection at the American Philosophical Society."
tagline: "British astronomer (1804–1881)"
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birthDate: "1804-07-15"
deathDate: "1881-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump