# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/keith-devlin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:42:57.028Z

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name: "Keith Devlin"
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description: "Keith J. Devlin is a British and American mathematician and professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is known for his work in mathematical cognition, information theory, and the public communication of mathematics. Devlin has authored more than 30 books and numerous scholarly articles. He was a regular commentator on National Public Radio (NPR) as “the Math Guy” and is the co-founder and President of BrainQuake, an educational technology company that develops mathematics learning games."
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birthDate: "1947-03-16"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump