# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-cockburn-maclaurin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:40:12.160Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-cockburn-maclaurin"
name: "Richard Cockburn Maclaurin"
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description: "Richard Cockburn Maclaurin was a Scottish-born U.S. educator and mathematical physicist. He was made president of MIT in 1909, and held the position until his death in 1920."
tagline: "American physicist (1870–1920)"
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birthDate: "1870-06-05"
deathDate: "1920-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump