# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-brassai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:03:54.911Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-brassai"
name: "Sámuel Brassai"
slug: "samuel-brassai"
description: "Sámuel Brassai was a Hungarian linguist and teacher sometimes called \"The Last Transylvanian Polymath.\" In addition to being a linguist and pedagogue he was also a natural scientist, mathematician, musician, philosopher, essay writer, and a regular member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is perhaps best known for teaching methods."
tagline: "Hungarian linguist, pedagogue, natural scientist, mathematician, musician, philosopher, essay writer (c.1800–1897)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brassai_S%C3%A1muel_VU.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1800-02-13"
deathDate: "1897-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.80288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1muel_Brassai"
    title: "Sámuel Brassai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "صموئيل براساى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1muel_Brassai"
    title: "Sámuel Brassai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1muel_Brassai"
    title: "Sámuel Brassai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1muel_Brassai"
    title: "Sámuel Brassai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1muel_Brassai"
    title: "Sámuel Brassai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassai_S%C3%A1muel"
    title: "Brassai Sámuel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1muel_Brassai"
    title: "Sámuel Brassai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q849043"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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