# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pieter-nieuwland
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:42:18.454Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pieter-nieuwland"
name: "Pieter Nieuwland"
slug: "pieter-nieuwland"
description: "Pieter Nieuwland was a Dutch nautical scientist, chemist, mathematician, and poet. During his life he was known as a child prodigy and has been called the Dutch Isaac Newton."
tagline: "Nautical scientist (1764-1794)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pieter_Nieuwland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1764-11-05"
deathDate: "1794-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.43
  momentum:             0.4968944099378882
  historical:           5.672750666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Nieuwland"
    title: "Pieter Nieuwland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Nieuwland"
    title: "Pieter Nieuwland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Nieuwland"
    title: "Pieter Nieuwland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Nieuwland"
    title: "Pieter Nieuwland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Nieuwland"
    title: "Pieter Nieuwland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Nieuwland"
    title: "Pieter Nieuwland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2094270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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