J. Doyne Farmer

American physicist and entrepreneur (b.1952)
Person human Q1676309
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J. Doyne Farmer

Summary

J. Doyne Farmer is a human[1]. He was born in Houston[2]. He was born on June 22, 1952[3]. He worked as a physicist[4], entrepreneur[5], quantitative analyst[6], and university teacher[7]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (203 views/month, #7,236 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • J. Doyne Farmer was born in Houston[2].
  • J. Doyne Farmer was born on June 22, 1952[3].
  • J. Doyne Farmer was born on January 1, 1952[9].
  • J. Doyne Farmer held citizenship in United States[10].
  • J. Doyne Farmer held citizenship in United Kingdom[11].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's professions included physicist[4].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's professions included entrepreneur[5].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's professions included quantitative analyst[6].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's professions included university teacher[7].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's field of work was econophysics[12].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's field of work was finance[13].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's field of work was economics[14].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's field of work was computational complexity theory[15].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's field of work was chaos theory[16].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's field of work was complex system[17].
  • J. Doyne Farmer was employed by Santa Fe Institute[18].
  • J. Doyne Farmer was employed by University of Oxford[19].
  • J. Doyne Farmer was educated at Stanford University[20].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's education included a stint at University of California, Santa Cruz[21].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's doctoral advisor was William L. Burke[22].
  • J. Doyne Farmer is recorded as male[23].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's instance of is recorded as human[24].
  • J. Doyne Farmer supervised Dmitriy Cherkashin as a doctoral student[25].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's Commons category is recorded as James Doyne Farmer[26].
  • J. Doyne Farmer's unmarried partner is recorded as Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1952-06-22[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8ff6b31d-7b44-45d4-bbf9-8cae50b57545[31]

Body

Origins and Family

Born in Houston[2], J. Doyne Farmer… Recorded date of birth include June 22, 1952[3] and January 1, 1952[9].

Education

Educated at Stanford University[20], a private university[32], in United States[33], founded in 1885[34], headquartered in Stanford[35] and University of California, Santa Cruz[21], a campus[36], in United States[37], founded in 1965[38]. J. Doyne Farmer's doctoral advisor was William L. Burke[22].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include physicist[4], entrepreneur[5], quantitative analyst[6], and university teacher[7]. Fields of work include econophysics[12], a branch of physics[39]; finance[13], an academic discipline[40]; economics[14], an academic discipline[41]; computational complexity theory[15], an academic discipline[42]; chaos theory[16], a mathematical theory[43]; and complex system[17], a type of system[44]. Employers include Santa Fe Institute[18], a research institute[45], in United States[46], founded in 1984[47], headquartered in Santa Fe[48] and University of Oxford[19], a collegiate university[49], in United Kingdom[50], founded in 1096[51], headquartered in Oxford[52]. J. Doyne Farmer supervised Dmitriy Cherkashin as a doctoral student[25].

Why It Matters

J. Doyne Farmer ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (203 views/month, #7,236 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

FAQs

Where was J. Doyne Farmer born?

J. Doyne Farmer's place of birth was Houston[2].

What did J. Doyne Farmer do for work?

J. Doyne Farmer worked as physicist[4], entrepreneur[5], quantitative analyst[6], and university teacher[7].

Where did J. Doyne Farmer go to school?

J. Doyne Farmer was educated at Stanford University[20] and University of California, Santa Cruz[21].

References

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  1. [2] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [23] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [21] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [16] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [4] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [7] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . WorldCat Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [9] . Personal Authority Wikibase of the Czech Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  20. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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