# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/llewellyn-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:07:27.803Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/llewellyn-thomas"
name: "Llewellyn Thomas"
slug: "llewellyn-thomas"
description: "Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas was a British physicist and applied mathematician. He is best known for his contributions to atomic and molecular physics and solid-state physics. His key achievements include calculating relativistic effects on the spin-orbit interaction in a hydrogenic atom, creating an approximate theory of -body quantum systems, and devising an efficient method for solving tridiagonal system of linear equations."
tagline: "British physicist and mathematician (1903-1992)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
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birthDate: "1903-10-21"
deathDate: "1992-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Люелін Томас"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump