# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pieter-rijke
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:33:43.337Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pieter-rijke"
name: "Pieter Rijke"
slug: "pieter-rijke"
description: "Petrus \"Pieter\" Leonardus Rijke was a Dutch physicist who was Professor in Experimental physics at Leiden University. He spent his scientific career exploring the physics of electricity, and is known for the Rijke tube."
tagline: "Dutch physicist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PLRijke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1812-07-11"
deathDate: "1899-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.33
  momentum:             2.268041237113402
  historical:           7.208568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Pieter Rijke"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Rijke"
    title: "Pieter Rijke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پیتر ریکه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Rijke"
    title: "Pieter Rijke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Leonard_Rijke"
    title: "Pieter Leonard Rijke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Rijke"
    title: "Pieter Rijke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%87"
    title: "پیتر ریکه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Rijke"
    title: "Pieter Rijke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9286544"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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