# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/venceslaus-ulricus-hammershaimb
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:36:12.334Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/venceslaus-ulricus-hammershaimb"
name: "Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb"
slug: "venceslaus-ulricus-hammershaimb"
description: "Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese – the language of the Faroe Islands – based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese, derives from western dialects of Old Norse."
tagline: "Faroese folklorist and linguist, Lutheran clergyman"
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birthDate: "1819-03-25"
deathDate: "1909-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump