# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-geiger
# Generated: 2026-09-07T22:13:52.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-geiger"
name: "Wilhelm Geiger"
slug: "wilhelm-geiger"
description: "Wilhelm Ludwig Geiger was a German Orientalist in the fields of Indo-Iranian languages and the history of Iran and Sri Lanka. He was known as a specialist in Pali, Sinhala language and the Dhivehi language of the Maldives. He is especially known for his work on the Sri Lankan chronicles Mahāvaṃsa and Cūlavaṃsa and made critical editions of the Pali text and English translations with the help of assistant translators."
tagline: "German Orientalist and historian (1856–1943)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1856-07-21"
deathDate: "1943-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump