# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wim-blockmans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:22:04.017Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/wim-blockmans"
name: "Wim Blockmans"
slug: "wim-blockmans"
description: "Willem Pieter Blockmans is a retired Professor of Medieval History at Leiden University. He earned a PhD from the University of Ghent. He has been Rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study since September 2002. He has published extensively on late medieval and early modern state power."
tagline: "Belgian history professor"
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birthDate: "1945-05-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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    url:       "https://www.unige.ch/ihr/fr/equipe/professeurs-honoraires/backus/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump