# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anneli-cahn-lax
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:11:14.791Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anneli-cahn-lax"
name: "Anneli Cahn Lax"
slug: "anneli-cahn-lax"
description: "Anneli Cahn Lax was an American mathematician, who was known for being an editor of the Mathematics Association of America's New Mathematical Library Series, and for her work in reforming mathematics education with the inclusion of language skills. Lax received a bachelor's degree in 1942 from Adelphi University and her doctorate in 1956. She was a professor of mathematics at New York University's Courant Institute. She was married to the mathematician Peter Lax."
tagline: "American mathematician (1922-1999)"
gender: "female"
country:
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birthDate: "1922-02-23"
deathDate: "1999-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             15
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
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    title: "Anneli Lax"
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    title: "انيلى كان لاكس"
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    title: "Anneli Lax"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneli_Cahn_Lax"
    title: "Anneli Cahn Lax"
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    title: "Anneli Cahn Lax"
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    title: "Anneli Cahn-Lax"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneli_Cahn_Lax"
    title: "Anneli Cahn Lax"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump