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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann has received more than 15,002 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann is the 127th most popular linguist (down from 124th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 115th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 127 out of 214. Before him are Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, George Kingsley Zipf, Eugen Wüster, Arie de Jong, Aleksander Brückner, and Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn. After him are Yevgeny Polivanov, Gaston Waringhien, Vasily Abaev, Jan de Vries, Walther von Wartburg, and James Legge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 51. Before him are Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Manuel García, and Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza. After him are Johann Eduard Erdmann, Mary Seacole, Esteban Echeverría, William Lloyd Garrison, Johann von Lamont, and Victor Baltard. Among people deceased in 1887, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 43. Before him are Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Emma Lazarus, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, Alvan Clark, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, and August Friedrich Pott. After him are Mikhail Katkov, Peder Balke, Fran Levstik, E. Marlitt, John Taylor, and August W. Eichler.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 110 out of 351. Before him are August Rei (1886), Betti Alver (1906), Eduard Pütsep (1898), Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798), Otto Tief (1889), and Eno Raud (1928). After him are Oskar Luts (1887), Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1832), Juhan Smuul (1922), Martin Klein (1884), Mart Siimann (1946), and Jaak Panksepp (1943).

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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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