Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann
Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (30 March [O.S. 18 March] 1805 in Hapsal (now Haapsalu) – 29 December [O.S. 17 December] 1887 in Saint Petersburg)[1] was an Estonian linguist who researched Uralic languages, mostly Estonian. Wiedemann was also a botanist.
Wiedemann was of German-Swedish origin. In 1869 he published an Estonian-German dictionary (Ehstnisch-deutsches Wörterbuch), which was the richest dictionary of Estonian words for a long time.
References[]
- ^ "Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann". EEVA: Digital Text Repository for Older Estonian Literature.
- ^ IPNI. Wiedem.
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- 1805 births
- 1887 deaths
- People from Haapsalu
- People from the Governorate of Estonia
- Baltic-German people
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