# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lodewyk-van-berken
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:03:24.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lodewyk-van-berken"
name: "Lodewyk van Berken"
slug: "lodewyk-van-berken"
description: "Lodewyk van Bercken was a mid- to late-15th century Flemish jeweller and diamond cutter, renowned in the industry for inventing the scaif. The device revolutionized the diamond cutting industry and contributed to increased popularity of diamonds."
tagline: "Jeweler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lodewyk_van_Bercken_Antwerpen_21.3.2015.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1500"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.34
  momentum:             2.307692307692307
  historical:           6.343197333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodewijk_van_Berquem"
    title: "Lodewijk van Berquem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Лодевейк ван Беркен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodewyk_van_Bercken"
    title: "Lodewyk van Bercken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodewyk_van_Berken"
    title: "Lodewyk van Berken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodewijk_van_Berken"
    title: "Lodewijk van Berken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Лодевейк ван Беркен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Лодевейк ван Беркен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1999163"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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