# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cornelis-jacobus-swierstra
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:49:10.861Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cornelis-jacobus-swierstra"
name: "Cornelis Jacobus Swierstra"
slug: "cornelis-jacobus-swierstra"
description: "Cornelis Jacobus Swierstra was a Dutch-born South African entomologist. Swierstra studied entomology at the University of Amsterdam. He moved to South Africa in 1894, and was employed at Transvaal Museum from 1896. By 1909 he was assistant-director, and in 1921 he followed Herman Gottfried Breijer as director of the museum. In 1936 he was elected first president of the South African Museums Association."
tagline: "Dutch entomologist (1874-1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cornelis_Jacobus_Swierstra.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1874-10-22"
deathDate: "1952-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           5.267206666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Cornelis Jacobus Swierstra"
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    title: "كورنيليس چاكوبوس سويرسترا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Jacobus_Swierstra"
    title: "Cornelis Jacobus Swierstra"
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  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Jacobus_Swierstra"
    title: "Cornelis Jacobus Swierstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Jacobus_Swierstra"
    title: "Cornelis Jacobus Swierstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Jacobus_Swierstra"
    title: "Cornelis Jacobus Swierstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5171237"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump