# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johan-ludvig-heiberg-q936503
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:45:40.596Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/johan-ludvig-heiberg-q936503"
name: "Johan Ludvig Heiberg"
slug: "johan-ludvig-heiberg-q936503"
description: "Johan Ludvig Heiberg was a Danish philologist and historian. He is best known for his discovery of previously unknown texts in the Archimedes Palimpsest, and for his edition of Euclid's Elements that T. L. Heath translated into English. He also published an edition of Ptolemy's Almagest."
tagline: "Danish philologist and hellenist (1854-1928)"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1854-11-27"
deathDate: "1928-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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