# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-momsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:38:24.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-momsen"
name: "Hans Momsen"
slug: "hans-momsen"
description: "Hans Momsen was a North Frisian farmer, mathematician and astronomer who lived in the Duchy of Schleswig in Denmark-Norway. Entirely without university studies he was able to solve complicated mathematical calculations and to construct astronomical devices, chronometers and other apparatus. He gave lessons in mathematics to gifted students. Moreover, he worked as a surveyor and built an organ for the church of Fahretoft. He is considered a polymath."
tagline: "North Frisian farmer, mathematician and astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans_Momsen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1735-10-23"
deathDate: "1811-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.11
  momentum:             5.724637681159421
  historical:           5.274478666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Momsen"
    title: "Hans Momsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%86_(%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83)"
    title: "هانز مومسن (رياضياتى من دنمارك)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Momsen"
    title: "Hans Momsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Momsen"
    title: "Hans Momsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Momsen"
    title: "Hans Momsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Momsen"
    title: "Hans Momsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20645"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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