# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stanley-skewes
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:54.962Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/stanley-skewes"
name: "Stanley Skewes"
slug: "stanley-skewes"
description: "Stanley Skewes was a South African mathematician, best known for his discovery of the Skewes's number in 1933. He was one of John Edensor Littlewood's students at Cambridge University. Skewes's numbers contributed to the refinement of the theory of prime numbers."
tagline: "South African mathematician"
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country:
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birthDate: "1899-06-29"
deathDate: "1988-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump