# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jakob-jakobsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:00:18.341Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jakob-jakobsen"
name: "Jakob Jakobsen"
slug: "jakob-jakobsen"
description: "Jakob Jakobsen was a Faroese linguist and scholar. The first Faroe Islander to earn a doctoral degree, his thesis on the Norn language of Shetland was a major contribution to its historical preservation."
tagline: "Faroese linguist (1864–1918)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_Norn_Language_in_Shetland_Part_I_Page_10_Jakob_Jakobsen_Portrait.png?width=1200"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1864-02-22"
deathDate: "1918-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump