# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-j-stoker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:09:25.630Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-j-stoker"
name: "James J. Stoker"
slug: "james-j-stoker"
description: "James Johnston Stoker was an American applied mathematician and engineer. He was director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and is considered one of the founders of the institute, Courant and Friedrichs being the others. Stoker is known for his work in differential geometry and theory of water waves. He is also the author of the now classic book Water Waves: The Mathematical Theory with Applications."
tagline: "American applied mathematician and engineer (1905-1992)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1905-03-02"
deathDate: "1992-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.414724000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Стокер, Джеймс"
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    title: "James J. Stoker"
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    title: "James J. Stoker"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump