# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franciscus-junius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:12:58.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franciscus-junius"
name: "Franciscus Junius"
slug: "franciscus-junius"
description: "Franciscus Junius , also known as François du Jon, was a pioneer of Germanic philology. As a collector of ancient manuscripts, he published the first modern editions of a number of important texts. In addition, he wrote the first comprehensive overview of ancient writings on the visual arts, which became a cornerstone of classical art theories throughout Europe."
tagline: "Philologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois_Junius%2C_after_Anthony_van_Dijck.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1591-01-29"
deathDate: "1677-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.38
  momentum:             2.288791889608561
  historical:           9.610764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franciscus_Junius_(the_younger)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Junius_der_J%C3%BCngere"
    title: "Franz Junius der Jüngere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Junius_(the_younger)"
    title: "Franciscus Junius (the younger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Junius"
    title: "Franciscus Junius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_du_Jon_(linguiste)"
    title: "François du Jon (linguiste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Junius"
    title: "Franciscus Junius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_du_Jon_(il_giovane)"
    title: "François du Jon (il giovane)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Junius_(filoloog)"
    title: "Franciscus Junius (filoloog)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Junius_m%C5%82odszy"
    title: "Franciscus Junius młodszy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Junius"
    title: "Franciscus Junius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%AE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_(%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Франциск Юний (младший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2951068"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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