# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/placide-tempels
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:14:51.674Z

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name: "Placide Tempels"
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description: "Placide Frans Tempels, OFM was a Belgian Franciscan missionary in the Congo who became famous for his book Bantu Philosophy."
tagline: "Belgian missionary (1906–1977)"
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birthDate: "1906-02-18"
deathDate: "1977-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump