# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-metius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:48:23.684Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-metius"
name: "Jacob Metius"
slug: "jacob-metius"
description: "Jacob Metius was a Dutch instrument-maker and a specialist in grinding lenses. He is primarily known for the patent application he made for an optical telescope in October 1608, a few weeks after Hans Lippershey submitted a patent for the same device. He was the brother of the geometer and astronomer Adriaan Metius."
tagline: "Dutch optician (1580-1628)"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1580"
deathDate: "1628"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             10.58823529411765
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Jacob Metius"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Metius"
    title: "Jacob Metius"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Metius"
    title: "Jacob Metius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jacob Metius"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Metius"
    title: "Jacob Metius"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump