# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/murray-gerstenhaber
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:33:32.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/murray-gerstenhaber"
name: "Murray Gerstenhaber"
slug: "murray-gerstenhaber"
description: "Murray Gerstenhaber was an American mathematician, physicist, and lawyer. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, best known for his contributions to theoretical physics with his discovery of Gerstenhaber algebra. He was also a lecturer in law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School."
tagline: "American mathematician (1927–2024)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1927-06-05"
deathDate: "2024-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump