# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wenceslas-pantaleon-kirwitzer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:38:14.813Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wenceslas-pantaleon-kirwitzer"
name: "Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer"
slug: "wenceslas-pantaleon-kirwitzer"
description: "Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer was an astronomer and a Jesuit missionary. His name in China was Qi Weicai (祁維材)."
tagline: "Czech astronomist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kirwitzer_plaque_in_Kadan.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1588"
deathDate: "1626-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.79
  momentum:             6
  historical:           7.202124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslas_Pantaleon_Kirwitzer"
    title: "Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Pantaleon_Kirwitzer"
    title: "Václav Pantaleon Kirwitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenzel_Pantaleon_Kirwitzer"
    title: "Wenzel Pantaleon Kirwitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslas_Pantaleon_Kirwitzer"
    title: "Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslas_Pantaleon_Kirwitzer"
    title: "Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslas_Pantaleon_Kirwitzer"
    title: "Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslas_Pantaleon_Kirwitzer"
    title: "Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslas_Pantaleon_Kirwitzer"
    title: "Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3492041"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump