# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-cates
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:46:36.713Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-cates"
name: "Michael Cates"
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description: "Michael Elmhirst Cates is a British physicist. He is the 19th Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and has held this position since 1 July 2015.\nHe was previously professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, and held a Royal Society Research Professorship from 2007 to 2022."
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birthDate: "1961-05-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump