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Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann

1805 - 1887

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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 Governorate of Estonia 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann is the 123rd most popular linguist (up from 127th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 110th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 123 out of 214. Before him are Eugen Wüster, George Kingsley Zipf, Arnold Chikobava, Louis Duchesne, Yevgeny Polivanov, and August Friedrich Pott. After him are Arie de Jong, Felix Jacoby, Hrachia Acharian, Hans Ørberg, Igor M. Diakonoff, and Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 52. Before him are Anton von Schmerling, Johann von Lamont, Esteban Echeverría, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Auguste Barbier, and Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg. After him are Mary Seacole, Eugène Devéria, Johann Eduard Erdmann, Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza, Kuriakose Elias Chavara, and Hugo von Mohl. Among people deceased in 1887, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 40. Before him are Louis Gallait, Joachim IV of Constantinople, Lysander Spooner, Joseph Whitworth, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, and August Friedrich Pott. After him are Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Mikhail Katkov, Emma Lazarus, Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Spencer Fullerton Baird, and Sarah Yorke Jackson.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 117 out of 351. Before him are Ants Laikmaa (1866), Miina Härma (1864), Alfred Schmidt (1898), Kristjan Palusalu (1908), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), and Otto Tief (1889). After him are Artur Kapp (1878), Oskar Luts (1887), Pavel Schilling (1786), Eve Kivi (1938), Johan Pitka (1872), and Emma Asson (1889).

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Among LINGUISTS In Estonia

Among linguists born in Estonia, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 3. Before him are Johannes Aavik (1880), and Paul Ariste (1905).

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