# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-j-d-powell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:49:00.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-j-d-powell"
name: "Michael J. D. Powell"
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description: "Michael James David Powell was a British mathematician, who worked in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge."
tagline: "Mathematician (1936-2015)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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birthDate: "1936-07-29"
deathDate: "2015-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump