# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-waddell-alexander-ii
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:09:10.761Z

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name: "James Waddell Alexander II"
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description: "James Waddell Alexander II was a mathematician of the pre-World War II era. He was part of an influential school of topology at Princeton University, along with Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others. He was a professor at Princeton (1920–1951) and one of the first members of the Institute for Advanced Study (1933–1951)."
tagline: "American mathematician (1888–1971)"
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birthDate: "1888-09-19"
deathDate: "1971-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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