# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/schalk-willem-burger
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:57:56.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/schalk-willem-burger"
name: "Schalk Willem Burger"
slug: "schalk-willem-burger"
description: "Schalk Willem Burger was a South African military leader, lawyer, politician, and statesman who was acting president of the South African Republic from 1900 to 1902, whilst Paul Kruger was in exile. At the age of 21, Burger worked as a clerk in the office of the field coronet. He married his wife, Alida Claudina de Villiers, during this time."
tagline: "South African politician (1852–1918)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schalk_Willem_Burger2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1852-09-06"
deathDate: "1918-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.29543066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Шалк Віллем Бургер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Willem_Burger"
    title: "Schalk Willem Burger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ستشالك ويليم بورجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Willem_Burger"
    title: "Schalk Willem Burger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Burger"
    title: "Schalk Burger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Willem_Burger"
    title: "Schalk Willem Burger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A7_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%A8"
    title: "שאלק וילם ברגר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Willem_Burger"
    title: "Schalk Willem Burger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Willem_Burger"
    title: "Schalk Willem Burger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Willem_Burger"
    title: "Schalk Willem Burger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC"
    title: "Бургер, Шалк Виллем"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Burger"
    title: "Schalk Burger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282482"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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