# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jakob-jonas-bjornstahl
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:10:21.131Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jakob-jonas-bjornstahl"
name: "Jakob Jonas Björnståhl"
slug: "jakob-jonas-bjornstahl"
description: "Jakob Jonas Björnståhl was a Swedish orientalist and Greek philologist from Lund University. He was a manuscript collector. In 1753 he became a student at Uppsala University. In 1761 he received a Masters degree in arts and a position of docent in Gothic form Johan Ihre."
tagline: "Swedish orientalist (1731-1779)"
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birthDate: "1731-01-23"
deathDate: "1779-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump