# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ryszard-engelking
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:37:40.827Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ryszard-engelking"
name: "Ryszard Engelking"
slug: "ryszard-engelking"
description: "Ryszard Engelking was a Polish mathematician. He was working mainly on general topology and dimension theory. He is the author of several influential monographs in this field. The 1989 edition of his General Topology is nowadays a standard reference for topology. Engelking died on 16 November 2023, his 88th birthday."
tagline: "Polish mathematician (1935–2023)"
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birthDate: "1935-11-16"
deathDate: "2023-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations