# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balthasar-bekker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:57:30.313Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/balthasar-bekker"
name: "Balthasar Bekker"
slug: "balthasar-bekker"
description: "Balthasar Bekker was a Dutch minister and author of philosophical and theological works. Opposing superstition, he was a key figure in the end of the witchcraft persecutions in early modern Europe. His best-known work is De Betoverde Weereld (1691), or The World Bewitched (1695). He was also known for his travels to England and France"
tagline: "Dutch minister and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BalthasarBekker.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1634-03-20"
deathDate: "1698-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.89229866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Балтазар Беккер"
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    title: "بالثاسار بيكير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Baltazar Bekker"
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    title: "Balthasar Bekker"
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    title: "Balthasar Bekker"
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    title: "Balthasar Bekker"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthazar_Bekker"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthasar_Bekker"
    title: "Balthasar Bekker"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump