# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christian-friedrich-schwarz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:30:28.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christian-friedrich-schwarz"
name: "Christian Friedrich Schwarz"
slug: "christian-friedrich-schwarz"
description: "Christian Frederick Schwarz was a German Lutheran missionary to India. He was known for his linguistic skills, with knowledge of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu, Persian, Marathi, and Telugu and worked with the British as an emissary of peace and sent to the court of Haider Ali in Mysore. He worked alongside the Indian royal families, tutoring the Raja Serfoji of Tanjore, and was influential in establishing Protestant Christianity in southern India."
tagline: "German missionary"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pearson_-_Christian_Friedrich_Schwartz%2C_der_deutsche_Missionar_in_S%C3%BCdindien_-_Frontispiz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1726-10-08"
deathDate: "1798-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.609612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Friedrich_Schwarz"
    title: "Christian Friedrich Schwarz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Friedrich_Schwartz"
    title: "Christian Friedrich Schwartz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Friedrich_Schwarz"
    title: "Christian Friedrich Schwarz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Friedrich_Schwarz"
    title: "Christian Friedrich Schwarz"
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  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Christian_Friedrich_Schwarz"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4516513"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump