# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicolaas-van-wijk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:40:05.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicolaas-van-wijk"
name: "Nicolaas van Wijk"
slug: "nicolaas-van-wijk"
description: "Nicolaas van Wijk was a Dutch linguist, literary scholar, and philanthropist. He is best known for his contributions to Slavistics, serving as the first chair of the Balto-Slavic languages at Leiden University from 1913 until his death in 1941."
tagline: "Dutch linguist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hoogleraren%2C_van_Wijk%2C_SFA022819357.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1880-10-04"
deathDate: "1942-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5357142857142857
  historical:           8.741829333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ніколас ван Вейк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Нікаляс ван Вэйк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Николас ван Вейк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_van_Wijk"
    title: "Nicolaas van Wijk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_van_Wijk"
    title: "Nicolaas van Wijk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_van_Wijk"
    title: "Nicolaas van Wijk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_van_Wijk"
    title: "Nicolaas van Wijk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_van_Wijk"
    title: "Nicolaas van Wijk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolas_van_Wijk"
    title: "Nikolas van Wijk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Ван Вейк, Николас"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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