# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sumner-byron-myers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:56:34.018Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/sumner-byron-myers"
name: "Sumner Byron Myers"
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description: "Sumner Byron Myers was an American mathematician specializing in topology and differential geometry. He studied at Harvard University under H. C. Marston Morse, where he graduated with a Ph.D. in 1932. Myers then pursued postdoctoral studies at Princeton University (1934–1936) before becoming a professor for mathematics at the University of Michigan. He died unexpectedly from a heart attack during the 1955 Michigan–Army football game at Michigan Stadium."
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birthDate: "1910-02-19"
deathDate: "1955-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump