# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pierre-francois-xavier-de-ram
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:04:17.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pierre-francois-xavier-de-ram"
name: "Pierre François Xavier de Ram"
slug: "pierre-francois-xavier-de-ram"
description: "Pierre François Xavier de Ram, was a Belgian papal prelate, canon and historian, best known for being the first rector of the new Catholic University of Belgium, founded in Mechelen in 1834, which in 1835 moved to Leuven as the Catholic University of Leuven."
tagline: "Belgian historian (1804-1865)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre_de_Ram_1836.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1804-09-02"
deathDate: "1865-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.59
  momentum:             3.647058823529411
  historical:           5.469762666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Fran%C3%A7ois_Xavier_de_Ram"
    title: "Pierre François Xavier de Ram"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "بيير فرنسوا كزافييه دي رام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "بيير فرنسوا كزافييه دى رام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Fran%C3%A7ois_Xavier_de_Ram"
    title: "Pierre François Xavier de Ram"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Ram"
    title: "Pierre de Ram"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_de_Ram"
    title: "Petrus de Ram"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2748663"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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