# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-gleason
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:25:58.721Z

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name: "Andrew Gleason"
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description: "Andrew Mattei Gleason was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to widely varied areas of mathematics, including the solution of Hilbert's fifth problem, and was a leader in reform and innovation in math­e­mat­ics teaching at all levels. Gleason's theorem in quantum logic and the Greenwood–Gleason graph, an important example in Ramsey theory, are named for him."
tagline: "American mathematician (1921-2008)"
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birthDate: "1921-11-04"
deathDate: "2008-10-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump