# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/milton-van-dyke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:41:50.355Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/milton-van-dyke"
name: "Milton Van Dyke"
slug: "milton-van-dyke"
description: "Milton Denman Van Dyke was Professor of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. He was known for his work in fluid dynamics, especially with respect to the use of perturbation analysis in aerodynamics. His often-cited book An Album of Fluid Motion presents a collection of about 400 selected black-and-white photographs of flow visualization in experiments, received – on his request – from researchers all over the world."
tagline: "American fluid dynamicist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Milton_D._Van_Dyke.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1922-08-01"
deathDate: "2010-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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    title: "Ван Дайк, Милтон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump