# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adam-ries
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:30:58.044Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adam-ries"
name: "Adam Ries"
slug: "adam-ries"
description: "Adam Ries was a German mathematician. He is also known by the name Adam Riese. He is known as the \"father of modern calculating\" because of his decisive contribution to the recognition that Roman numerals are unpractical and to their replacement by the considerably more practical Arabic numerals."
tagline: "German mathematician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ries.PNG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1492"
deathDate: "1559-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.051388081569207
  historical:           18.663916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ادم رييس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Adam Rize"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ries"
    title: "Adam Ries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Adam Ries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ries"
    title: "Adam Ries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ries"
    title: "Adam Ries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Adam Ries"
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    title: "Adam Ries"
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    title: "Adam Ries"
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    title: "Adam Ries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ries"
    title: "Adam Ries"
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  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ries"
    title: "Adam Ries"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ries"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ries"
    title: "Adam Ries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ries"
    title: "Adam Ries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ries"
    title: "Adam Ries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump