# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/l-r-ford-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:42:11.191Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/l-r-ford-jr"
name: "L. R. Ford, Jr."
slug: "l-r-ford-jr"
description: "Lester Randolph Ford Jr. was an American mathematician specializing in network flow problems. He was the son of mathematician Lester R. Ford Sr."
tagline: "American mathematician (1927-2017)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1927-09-23"
deathDate: "2017-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.484918666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "إل. ر. فورد جونيور"
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    title: "Lester Randolph Ford junior"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Randolph_Ford_Jr."
    title: "Lester Randolph Ford Jr."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump