# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frits-staal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:08:42.212Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/frits-staal"
name: "Frits Staal"
slug: "frits-staal"
description: "Johan Frederik \"Frits\" Staal was the department founder and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and South/Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Staal specialized in the study of Vedic ritual and mantras, and the scientific exploration of ritual and mysticism. He was also a scholar of Greek and Indian logic and philosophy and Sanskrit grammar."
tagline: "Dutch indologist (1930–2012)"
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birthDate: "1930-11-03"
deathDate: "2012-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump