# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pieter-johannes-van-rhijn
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:25:35.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pieter-johannes-van-rhijn"
name: "Pieter Johannes van Rhijn"
slug: "pieter-johannes-van-rhijn"
description: "Pieter Johannes van Rhijn was a Dutch astronomer. Born in Gouda, he studied at Groningen. He served as director at the Sterrenkundig Laboratorium in Groningen."
tagline: "Dutch astronomer (1886–1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PJvanRhijn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1886-03-24"
deathDate: "1960-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.535673333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Pieter van Rhijn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بيتر يوهانس فان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Johannes_van_Rhijn"
    title: "Pieter Johannes van Rhijn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Johannes_van_Rhijn"
    title: "Pieter Johannes van Rhijn"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Johannes_van_Rhijn"
    title: "Pieter Johannes van Rhijn"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Johannes_van_Rhijn"
    title: "Pieter Johannes van Rhijn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Johannes_van_Rhijn"
    title: "Pieter Johannes van Rhijn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2541050"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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