# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-s-hamilton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:29:19.308Z

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name: "Richard S. Hamilton"
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description: "Richard Streit Hamilton was an American mathematician who served as the Davies Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University."
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birthDate: "1943-12-19"
deathDate: "2024-09-29"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump