# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-van-erpe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:49.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-van-erpe"
name: "Thomas van Erpe"
slug: "thomas-van-erpe"
description: "Thomas van Erpe, also known as Thomas Erpenius, was a Dutch Orientalist, born in Gorinchem. He was the first European to publish an accurate book of Arabic grammar."
tagline: "Dutch linguist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret_van_Thomas_Erpenius%2C_RP-P-1906-1568.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NL"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1584-09-11"
deathDate: "1624-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Thomas Erpenius"
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    title: "Thomas van Erpe"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump