# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melvin-hochster
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:53:18.656Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/melvin-hochster"
name: "Melvin Hochster"
slug: "melvin-hochster"
description: "Melvin Hochster is an American mathematician working in commutative algebra. He is currently the Jack E. McLaughlin Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Michigan."
tagline: "American mathematician"
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birthDate: "1943-08-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump