Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann

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Estonian linguist and botanist

A.K.A.

Wiedem.

From

Russia

was

Scientist Linguist Botanist

Work field

Literature Science Social science

Gender

Male

Birth

30 March 1805 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Haapsalu

Death

29 December 1887 People who died on this day

Place of death

Saint Petersburg

Age

82 years

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Biography

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.

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