# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/petrus-ky
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:01:20.212Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/petrus-ky"
name: "Pétrus Ky"
slug: "petrus-ky"
description: "Jean-Baptiste Petrus Trương Vĩnh Ký, known as Petrus Ký, was a Vietnamese scholar whose publications helped improve understanding between colonial Vietnam and Europe. His works helped popularize the Vietnamese alphabet, chữ Quốc ngữ, leading to its officialization in the early 20th century. He served in the French colonial regime as a linguist and also translated many literary works into modern Vietnamese."
tagline: "Vietnamese scholar (1837-1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Truong_Vinh_Ky_Vietnamese_linguist.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1837-12-06"
deathDate: "1898-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.46
  momentum:             7.814871016691957
  historical:           7.61132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%B5%E6%B0%B8%E8%A8%98"
    title: "張永記"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "پيتروس كى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%A9nh_K%C3%BD"
    title: "Trương Vĩnh Ký"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Tr%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%A9nh_K%C3%BD"
    title: "Petrus Trương Vĩnh Ký"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%A9nh_K%C3%BD"
    title: "Trương Vĩnh Ký"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%A9nh_K%C3%BD"
    title: "Trương Vĩnh Ký"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%8B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B8"
    title: "Чыонг Винь Ки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%A9nh_K%C3%BD"
    title: "Trương Vĩnh Ký"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q655563"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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