# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ellis-kolchin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:59:55.502Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ellis-kolchin"
name: "Ellis Kolchin"
slug: "ellis-kolchin"
description: "Ellis Robert Kolchin was an American mathematician at Columbia University. He is best known for his work in differential algebra and especially differential Galois theory."
tagline: "American mathematician (1916–1991)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/KolchinPhoto.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1916-04-18"
deathDate: "1991-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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    title: "اليس كولتشين"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump