# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bjarni-jonsson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:29:34.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bjarni-jonsson"
name: "Bjarni Jónsson"
slug: "bjarni-jonsson"
description: "Bjarni Jónsson was an Icelandic mathematician and logician working in universal algebra, lattice theory, model theory and set theory. He was emeritus distinguished professor of mathematics at Vanderbilt University and the honorary editor in chief of Algebra Universalis. He received his PhD in 1946 at UC Berkeley under supervision of Alfred Tarski."
tagline: "Icelandic mathematician (1920-2016)"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-02-15"
deathDate: "2016-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           7.00468
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Bjarni Jónsson"
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    title: "بچارنى چونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bjarni Jónsson"
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  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarni_J%C3%B3nsson_(st%C3%A6r%C3%B0fr%C3%A6%C3%B0ingur)"
    title: "Bjarni Jónsson (stærðfræðingur)"
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  - url: "https://knc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarni_J%C3%B3nsson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump