# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-clay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:24:01.267Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-clay"
name: "Jacob Clay"
slug: "jacob-clay"
description: "Jacob Clay was a prominent Dutch physicist who first suggested and provided evidence that cosmic rays are charged particles."
tagline: "Dutch philosopher and university professor (1882-1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret_van_Jacob_Clay%2C_1929.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1882-01-18"
deathDate: "1955-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.95
  momentum:             2.12962962962963
  historical:           6.538049333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jacob Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاكوب كلاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Clay"
    title: "Jacob Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Clay"
    title: "Jacob Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Clay"
    title: "Jacob Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Claj"
    title: "Jacob Claj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Clay"
    title: "Jacob Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3219629"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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