# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/georges-matheron
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:26.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/georges-matheron"
name: "Georges Matheron"
slug: "georges-matheron"
description: "Georges François Paul Marie Matheron was a French mathematician and civil engineer of mines, known as the founder of geostatistics and a co-founder of mathematical morphology. In 1968, he created the Centre de Géostatistique et de Morphologie Mathématique at the Paris School of Mines in Fontainebleau. He is known for his contributions on Kriging and mathematical morphology. His seminal work is posted for study and review to the Online Library of the Centre de Géostatistique, Fontainebleau, France."
tagline: "French mathematician and geologist (1930-2000)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1930-12-02"
deathDate: "2000-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump