# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lewis-fry-richardson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:25:09.090Z

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name: "Lewis Fry Richardson"
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description: "Lewis Fry Richardson, FRS was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist, and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars and how to prevent them."
tagline: "UK mathematician & polymath (1881–1953)"
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birthDate: "1881-10-11"
deathDate: "1953-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump