# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-griess
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:44:47.222Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-griess"
name: "Robert Griess"
slug: "robert-griess"
description: "Robert Louis Griess Jr. is a mathematician working on finite simple groups and vertex algebras. He is currently the John Griggs Thompson Distinguished University Professor of mathematics at University of Michigan."
tagline: "American mathematician (1945-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Griess.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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birthDate: "1945-10-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Robert Griess"
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    title: "روبيرت جريس"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Griess_(Mathematiker)"
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    title: "Robert Griess"
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    title: "Robert Griess"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Griess"
    title: "Robert Griess"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump