# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/osmo-pekonen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:32:05.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/osmo-pekonen"
name: "Osmo Pekonen"
slug: "osmo-pekonen"
description: "Osmo Pekonen was a Finnish mathematician, historian of science, and author. He was a docent of mathematics at the University of Helsinki and at the University of Jyväskylä, a docent of history of science at the University of Oulu, and a docent of history of civilization at the University of Lapland. He was the Book Reviews section editor of The Mathematical Intelligencer."
tagline: "Finnish mathematician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Osmo_Pekonen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1960-04-02"
deathDate: "2022-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.857142857142857
  historical:           6.336933333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm7074665"
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    url:       "http://www.ad.jyu.fi/users/p/pekonen/"
sources:
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    title: "Osmo Pekonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اوسمو پيكونين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmo_Pekonen"
    title: "Osmo Pekonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmo_Pekonen"
    title: "Osmo Pekonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmo_Pekonen"
    title: "Osmo Pekonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmo_Pekonen"
    title: "Osmo Pekonen"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmo_Pekonen"
    title: "Osmo Pekonen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump