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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 Estonian 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 13,880 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann is the 124th most popular linguist (down from 105th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 87th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 124 out of 161. Before him are George Abraham Grierson, John Florio, Aleksander Brückner, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Jan de Vries, and William Dwight Whitney. After him are Giuliano Bonfante, Yevgeny Polivanov, Waldemar Rosenberger, Vasily Abaev, Vyacheslav Ivanov, and Johan Nicolai Madvig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 51. Before him are Hugo von Mohl, Alexander Burnes, Rudolf Wagner, Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, Kuriakose Elias Chavara, and Georg Gottfried Gervinus. After him are Victor Baltard, William Lloyd Garrison, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Louise Bertin, and Robert Anderson. Among people deceased in 1887, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 39. Before him are August von Werder, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Alvan Clark, and Peter Jan Beckx. After him are Julius von Haast, Mikhail Katkov, Fran Levstik, E. Marlitt, Peder Balke, and August Spies.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ranks 115 out of 310. Before him are Arnold Meri (1919), Tiit Vähi (1947), Andres Tarand (1940), Jaan Kikkas (1892), Juhan Liiv (1864), and Friedebert Tuglas (1886). After him are Rudolf Tobias (1873), Johannes Kotkas (1915), Jakob Hurt (1839), Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798), Pavel Schilling (1786), and Johann Köler (1826).

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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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