# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elbert-frank-cox
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:21:30.879Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elbert-frank-cox"
name: "Elbert Frank Cox"
slug: "elbert-frank-cox"
description: "Elbert Frank Cox was an American mathematician. He was the first African American to receive a PhD in mathematics, which he earned at Cornell University in 1925."
tagline: "American mathematician (1895-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elbert_Cox.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: "1895-12-05"
deathDate: "1969-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.885746666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "البرت فرانک کاکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "إلبيرت فرانك كوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Frank_Cox"
    title: "Elbert Frank Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Frank_Cox"
    title: "Elbert Frank Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Frank_Cox"
    title: "Elbert Frank Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "البرت فرنک کاکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Frank_Cox"
    title: "Elbert Frank Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Frank_Cox"
    title: "Elbert Frank Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Frank_Cox"
    title: "Elbert Frank Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3709242"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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