# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-von-mises
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:40:57.979Z

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name: "Richard von Mises"
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description: "Richard Martin Edler von Mises was an Austrian scientist and mathematician who worked on solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, statistics and probability theory. He held the position of Gordon McKay Professor of Aerodynamics and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. He described his work in his own words shortly before his death as, \"practical analysis, integral and differential equations, mechanics, hydrodynamics and aerodynamics, constructive geometry, probability calculus, statistics and philosophy\"."
tagline: "Austrian physicist and mathematician (1883-1953)"
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birthDate: "1883-04-19"
deathDate: "1953-07-14"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump