# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-hirsch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:23:47.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-hirsch"
name: "Kurt Hirsch"
slug: "kurt-hirsch"
description: "Kurt August Hirsch was a German mathematician who moved to England to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews. His research was in group theory. He also worked to reform mathematics education and became a county chess champion. The Hirsch length and Hirsch–Plotkin radical are named after him."
tagline: "German mathematician (1906-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hirsch_gruenberg_bruck.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1906-01-12"
deathDate: "1986-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.205724
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%93%D1%96%D1%80%D1%88"
    title: "Курт Гірш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "كورت هيرش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "كورت هيرش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Hirsch"
    title: "Kurt Hirsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Hirsch_(Mathematiker)"
    title: "Kurt Hirsch (Mathematiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Hirsch"
    title: "Kurt Hirsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Hirsch"
    title: "Kurt Hirsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Hirsch"
    title: "Kurt Hirsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90281"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump