# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/serge-lang-q371948
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:01:09.217Z

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name: "Serge Lang"
slug: "serge-lang-q371948"
description: "Serge Lang was a French-American mathematician and activist who taught at Yale University for most of his career. He is known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra. He received the Frank Nelson Cole Prize in 1960 and was a member of the Bourbaki group."
tagline: "French-American mathematician (1927–2005)"
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birthDate: "1927-05-19"
deathDate: "2005-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump