# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-j-mcshane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:24:43.370Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-j-mcshane"
name: "Edward J. McShane"
slug: "edward-j-mcshane"
description: "Edward James McShane was an American mathematician noted for his advancements of the calculus of variations, integration theory, stochastic calculus, and exterior ballistics.\nHis name is associated with the McShane–Whitney extension theorem and McShane integral.\nMcShane was professor of mathematics at the University of Virginia, president of the American Mathematical Society, president of the Mathematical Association of America, a member of the National Science Board and a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society."
tagline: "American mathematician (1904–1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_McShane.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1904-05-10"
deathDate: "1989-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.68
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.671058666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Edward James McShane"
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  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%8A._%D9%85%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "إدوارد جي. مكشين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_James_McShane"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_James_McShane"
    title: "Edward James McShane"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._McShane"
    title: "Edward J. McShane"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._McShane"
    title: "Edward J. McShane"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292667"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump