# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/h-b-thom
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:10:17.926Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/h-b-thom"
name: "H. B. Thom"
slug: "h-b-thom"
description: "Hendrik Bernardus Thom was an Afrikaner professor and former Rector of the Stellenbosch University."
tagline: "South African historian (1905–1983)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/HBThom_.jpg/330px-HBThom_.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1905-12-13"
deathDate: "1983-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.98
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.269546666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%A8%D9%89._%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "اتش بى. ثوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Bernardus_Thom"
    title: "Hendrik Bernardus Thom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%A8%D9%8A._%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "إتش بي. ثوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._B._Thom"
    title: "H. B. Thom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Bernardus_Thom"
    title: "Hendrik Bernardus Thom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._B._Thom"
    title: "H. B. Thom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5628086"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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