# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-stephen-du-ponceau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:14:01.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-stephen-du-ponceau"
name: "Peter Stephen Du Ponceau"
slug: "peter-stephen-du-ponceau"
description: "Peter Stephen Du Ponceau was a French-born American linguist, philosopher and jurist. After emigrating to the Thirteen Colonies in 1777, he served in the American Revolutionary War. Afterward, he settled in Philadelphia, where he lived the remainder of his years. He contributed significantly to work on the indigenous languages of the Americas, as well as advancing the understanding of written Chinese."
tagline: "French-born American linguist, philosopher and jurist (1760-1844)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Duponceau.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1760-06-03"
deathDate: "1844-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.45
  momentum:             0.4417670682730924
  historical:           3.989493333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "پيتير ستيفين دو پونسياو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stephen_Du_Ponceau"
    title: "Peter Stephen Du Ponceau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-%C3%89tienne_Du_Ponceau"
    title: "Pierre-Étienne Du Ponceau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stephen_Du_Ponceau"
    title: "Peter Stephen Du Ponceau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3383609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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