# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-spanier
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:03:20.519Z

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name: "Edwin Spanier"
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description: "Edwin Henry Spanier was an American mathematician at the University of California at Berkeley, working in algebraic topology. He co-invented Spanier–Whitehead duality and Alexander–Spanier cohomology, and wrote what was for a long time the standard textbook on algebraic topology."
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birthDate: "1921-08-08"
deathDate: "1996-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump