# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lester-r-ford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:18:41.066Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/lester-r-ford"
name: "Lester R. Ford"
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description: "Lester Randolph Ford Sr. was an American mathematician, editor of the American Mathematical Monthly from 1942 to 1946, and president of the Mathematical Association of America from 1947 to 1948."
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birthDate: "1886-10-25"
deathDate: "1967-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump