Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann
Estonian linguist and botanist
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| Intro | Estonian linguist and botanist | |
| A.K.A. | Wiedem. | |
| A.K.A. | Wiedem. | |
| Places | Russia | |
| was | Scientist Linguist Botanist | |
| Work field | Literature Science Social science | |
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| Birth | 30 March 1805, Haapsalu | |
| Death | 29 December 1887Saint Petersburg (aged 82 years) |
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Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (30 March [O.S. 18 March] 1805 in Hapsal (now Haapsalu) – 29 December [O.S. 17 December] 1887 in Saint Petersburg) was an Estonian linguist who researched Uralic languages, mostly Estonian. Wiedemann was also a botanist.
Wiedemann was of German-Swedish origin. 1869 he published an Estonian-German dictionary (Ehstnisch-deutsches Wörterbuch), which was the richest dictionary of Estonian words for a long time.