# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adriaan-metius
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:26:30.868Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adriaan-metius"
name: "Adriaan Metius"
slug: "adriaan-metius"
description: "Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius, was a Dutch geometer and astronomer born in Alkmaar. The name \"Metius\" comes from the Dutch word meten (\"measuring\"), and therefore means something like \"measurer\" or \"surveyor\"."
tagline: "Dutch mathematician and astronomer (1571–1635)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Metius.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1571-12-09"
deathDate: "1635-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Adriaan Metius"
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    title: "Adriaan Metius"
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    title: "Adriaan Metius"
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    title: "Metius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Adriaan Metius"
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    title: "Metius"
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    title: "アドリアーンスゾーン・メチウス"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump