# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-checkland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:11:46.276Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-checkland"
name: "Peter Checkland"
slug: "peter-checkland"
description: "Peter Checkland was a British management scientist and academic who was an emeritus professor of systems at Lancaster University. He was the developer of soft systems methodology (SSM): a methodology based on a way of systems thinking systems practice. Systems practice is the idea of uncovering an optimal solution within complex environments, thus leading to a thorough understanding of the system, analysing and adapting to change in the environment. In an important way his work preceded data science and change management disciplines in the next century."
tagline: "British management scientist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1930-12-18"
deathDate: "2026-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump