WRITER

Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb

1819 - 1909

Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb

Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (Faroese pronunciation: [ˈvɛnsɛslɔus ˈulrikus ˈhamːəʂhaimp], Icelandic: [ˈvɛnsɛslɔis ˈʏltrɪkʏs ˈhamːɛrshaimp]; March 25, 1819 – April 8, 1909) was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese – the language of the Faroe Islands – based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese, derives from Old Norse. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb is the 3,264th most popular writer (down from 1,822nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Faroe Islands and the 2nd most popular Writer.

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Among writers, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb ranks 3,264 out of 7,302. Before him are Miguel Torga, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Heo Nanseolheon, Janet Frame, Joan Brossa, and Holger Drachmann. After him are Amy Lowell, Rutebeuf, Maksym Rylsky, Zora Neale Hurston, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, and Liviu Rebreanu.

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Miguel Torga
1907 - 1995
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 3,258
Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari
1578 - 1632
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 3,259
Heo Nanseolheon
1563 - 1589
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 3,260
Janet Frame
1924 - 2004
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,261
Joan Brossa
1919 - 1998
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,262
Holger Drachmann
1846 - 1908
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,263
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
1819 - 1909
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,264
Amy Lowell
1874 - 1925
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,265
Rutebeuf
1300 - 1285
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,266
Maksym Rylsky
1895 - 1964
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 3,267
Zora Neale Hurston
1891 - 1960
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 3,268
Teimuraz II of Kakheti
1700 - 1762
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 3,269
Liviu Rebreanu
1885 - 1944
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 3,270

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb ranks 61. Before him are Vatroslav Lisinski, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Panteleimon Kulish, and Charles Kingsley. After him are Butrus al-Bustani, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Edwin Drake, Théodore Gouvy, James Russell Lowell, and Władysław Taczanowski. Among people deceased in 1909, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb ranks 54. Before him are Charles-Louis Philippe, Catulle Mendès, Manuel Amador Guerrero, Rodolphe Lindt, Emil Christian Hansen, and Pascual Cervera y Topete. After him are Helena Modjeska, Giuseppe Martucci, Paul Ranson, Alessandro Fortis, Futabatei Shimei, and Euclides da Cunha.

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Vatroslav Lisinski
COMPOSER
1819 - 1854
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 55
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1904
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 56
Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke
PHYSICIAN
1819 - 1892
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 57
Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1904
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 58
Panteleimon Kulish
WRITER
1819 - 1897
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 59
Charles Kingsley
WRITER
1819 - 1875
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 60
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
WRITER
1819 - 1909
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 61
Butrus al-Bustani
WRITER
1819 - 1883
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 62
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1901
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 63
Edwin Drake
BUSINESSPERSON
1819 - 1880
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 64
Théodore Gouvy
COMPOSER
1819 - 1898
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 65
James Russell Lowell
WRITER
1819 - 1891
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 66
Władysław Taczanowski
BIOLOGIST
1819 - 1890
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 67