# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paulus-merula
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:00:44.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paulus-merula"
name: "Paulus Merula"
slug: "paulus-merula"
description: "Paulus Merula, or Paul van Merle was a Dutch jurist, classicist, historian, geographer and librarian."
tagline: "Dutch geographer and historian (1558-1607)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret_van_de_geleerde_Paulus_Merula_(1558-1607)_op_44-jarige_leeftijd._NL-HlmNHA_1477_53010834.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1558-08-19"
deathDate: "1607-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.136177333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulus_Merula"
    title: "Paulus Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "بول مينيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merula"
    title: "Paul Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulus_Merula"
    title: "Paulus Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulus_Merula"
    title: "Paulus Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merula"
    title: "Paul Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulus_Merula"
    title: "Paulus Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2061272"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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