# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neophytus-vamvas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:26:20.858Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neophytus-vamvas"
name: "Neophytus Vamvas"
slug: "neophytus-vamvas"
description: "Neophytos Vamvas was a priest, philosopher, philologist, author, professor, and dean. He was the first dean of the philosophical school at the University of Athens. He is known for being part of the Neophytos incident. The incident was similar to the Methodios Affair an incident that occurred one hundred years prior. He was one of the most influential figures of modern Greek education. He was considered the teacher of the nation."
tagline: "Greek cleric"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vamvas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1776"
deathDate: "1856"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.03
  momentum:             7.317073170731706
  historical:           7.673146666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neophytos_Bambas"
    title: "Neophytos Bambas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%85%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "نيوفيتوس ڤامڤاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Неофит Вамвас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neofytos_Vamvas"
    title: "Neofytos Vamvas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%B5%CF%8C%CF%86%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Νεόφυτος Βάμβας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neophytos_Vamvas"
    title: "Neophytos Vamvas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neophytos_Vamvas"
    title: "Neophytos Vamvas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "ნეოფიტოს ვამვასი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81"
    title: "Вамвас, Неофитос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3557336"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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