# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-kolbe
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:12:07.690Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-kolbe"
name: "Peter Kolbe"
slug: "peter-kolbe"
description: "Peter Kolbe was a German teacher, astronomer, ethnologist, traveller, and explorer of South Africa. His major work was the book Caput bonae spei hodiernum (1719) in which he provided detailed descriptions of Khoikhoi life which differed significantly in perception from the descriptions of earlier travellers. He compared European culture and beliefs with those of the Khoikhoi. An English translation, by Guido Medley, was published in 1731."
tagline: "Astronomer (1675-1726) in South Africa"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/No-nb_digibok_2015020624003_0006_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1675-10-10"
deathDate: "1726-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.04
  momentum:             9.957449594134593
  historical:           7.877394666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Кольбе, Питер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kolb"
    title: "Peter Kolb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kolbe"
    title: "Peter Kolbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "بيتر كولبي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "بيتر كولبى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kolbe"
    title: "Peter Kolbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kolbe"
    title: "Peter Kolbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kolb"
    title: "Peter Kolb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kolb"
    title: "Peter Kolb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108400"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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