# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wallace-givens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:46:52.105Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wallace-givens"
name: "Wallace Givens"
slug: "wallace-givens"
description: "James Wallace Givens, Jr. was a mathematician and a pioneer in computer science. He is the eponym of the well-known Givens rotations. Born the son of two teachers in Alberene, Virginia, he obtained his bachelor's degree from their young alma mater, Lynchburg College in 1928 at the age of 17; his master's degree from the University of Virginia under Ben Zion Linfield in 1931 ; and his doctorate from Princeton University in 1936 under Oswald Veblen."
tagline: "American mathematician"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1910-12-14"
deathDate: "1993-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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    title: "والاس غيفنز"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump