# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/f-b-j-kuiper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:31:16.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/f-b-j-kuiper"
name: "F B J Kuiper"
slug: "f-b-j-kuiper"
description: "Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus \"Frans\" Kuiper was a Dutch linguist and Indologist. Between 1939 and 1972, he was professor of Sanskrit at Leiden University. He served as chair of the Balto-Slavic languages, taking on the role in 1941. His research focused largely on Sanskrit, historical linguistics, and historical Indian mythology, though he contributed significantly to research of laryngeal theory and the Munda languages as well."
tagline: "Dutch linguist (1907–2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/FBJ_Kuiper.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1907-07-07"
deathDate: "2003-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.804716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "اف بى جيه كويپير"
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    title: "ফ্রান্সিসকাস বার্নার্ডাস জ্যাকবাস কুইপার"
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    title: "Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus Kuiper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._B._J._Kuiper"
    title: "F. B. J. Kuiper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus Kuiper"
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    title: "Кёйпер, Францискус Бернардус Якобус"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump