# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerlof-van-vloten
# Generated: 2026-08-16T07:11:17.131Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerlof-van-vloten"
name: "Gerlof van Vloten"
slug: "gerlof-van-vloten"
description: "Gerlof van Vloten (1866–1903), was a Dutch orientalist, writer and translator. He was the editor of the 1895 edition of the Arabic encyclopedia Mafātīḥ al-ʿulūm."
tagline: "Dutch orientalist, translator and writer (1866–1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Gerlof_van_Vloten_PK-F-E.156%2C_PK-F-69.489.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1866-06-07"
deathDate: "1903-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.61
  momentum:             0.2531645569620253
  historical:           4.802916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "فان فلوتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_van_Vloten"
    title: "Gerlof van Vloten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_van_Vloten"
    title: "Gerlof van Vloten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_van_Vloten"
    title: "Gerlof van Vloten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_van_Vloten"
    title: "Gerlof van Vloten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2565750"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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