# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-haafner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:52:19.701Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-haafner"
name: "Jacob Haafner"
slug: "jacob-haafner"
description: "Jacob Gotfried Haafner was a German-Dutch travel writer who lived in and wrote extensively on India and Ceylon. His travelogues were noted for their Romantic undertones, lively descriptions of Indian cultures and peoples, as well as criticisms of European colonialism, slavery, and cultural domination."
tagline: "German writer (1754-1809)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Haafner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1754-05-13"
deathDate: "1809-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.46
  momentum:             14
  historical:           4.602772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "جاكوب هافنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Haafner"
    title: "Jacob Haafner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Haafner"
    title: "Jacob Haafner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Haafner"
    title: "Jacob Haafner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%83%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "யாக்கூப் ஆஃப்னர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99240"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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