# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/salomon-coster
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:50:18.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/salomon-coster"
name: "Salomon Coster"
slug: "salomon-coster"
description: "Salomon Coster was a Dutch clockmaker of the Hague, who in 1657 was the first to make a pendulum clock, which had been invented by Dutch mathematician Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695). Coster died a sudden death in 1659."
tagline: "Dutch clockmaker"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Christiaan_Huygens_-_Clock_-_Rijksmuseum%2C_Amsterdam_-_2.JPG/330px-Christiaan_Huygens_-_Clock_-_Rijksmuseum%2C_Amsterdam_-_2.JPG"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1620"
deathDate: "1659"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.404032000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Coster"
    title: "Salomon Coster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "زالومون كوستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Coster"
    title: "Salomon Coster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Coster"
    title: "Salomon Coster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Coster"
    title: "Salomon Coster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Coster"
    title: "Salomon Coster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Coster"
    title: "Salomon Coster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Coster"
    title: "Salomon Coster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1384830"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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