# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-burnside
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:05:12.554Z

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name: "William Burnside"
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description: "William Burnside was an English mathematician. He is known mostly as an early researcher in the theory of finite groups."
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birthDate: "1852-07-02"
deathDate: "1927-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump