# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bartholomaus-ziegenbalg
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:46:35.253Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bartholomaus-ziegenbalg"
name: "Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg"
slug: "bartholomaus-ziegenbalg"
description: "Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg was a German Lutheran missionary and the first Pietist missionary to India. Sent under the patronage of Frederick IV of Denmark, he co-founded the Danish-Halle Mission in Tranquebar with Heinrich Plütschau in 1706. Ziegenbalg is noted for producing the first complete translation of the New Testament into Tamil, for introducing the printing press to Protestant mission work in India, and for promoting Tamil literature and education."
tagline: "German Lutheran clergy (1682-1719)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bartholom%C3%A4us_Ziegenbalg_monument_in_Tranquebar%2C_Tamil_Nadu%2C_South_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1682-07-10"
deathDate: "1719-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.096846345470928
  historical:           14.33715466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump