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Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb

1819 - 1909

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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb has received more than 36,228 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb is the 1,823rd most popular writer (up from 2,708th 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 1,823 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodor Nöldeke, Juan Carlos Onetti, Frederik Pohl, Gregory Tsamblak, Rodulfus Glaber, and Xu Shen. After him are Katia Mann, Prosper of Aquitaine, Elif Shafak, Quadratus of Athens, Stephen Crane, and Verrius Flaccus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb ranks 38. Before him are Abner Doubleday, Wilhelm Marr, Roger Fenton, Felice Orsini, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, and Franz Abt. After him are Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Alfred Escher, Estanislao Figueras, Gustave de Molinari, Tirimüjgan Kadın, and Johann Voldemar Jannsen. Among people deceased in 1909, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb ranks 31. Before him are Arnold Janssen, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Simon Newcomb, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Algernon Charles Swinburne, and Caran d'Ache. After him are Karl Krumbacher, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Afonso Pena, George Meredith, and Renée Vivien.

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In Faroe Islands

Among people born in Faroe Islands, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb ranks 3 out of 27. Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860), and William Heinesen (1900). After him are Símun av Skarði (1872), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Kaj Leo Johannesen (1964), Christian Matras (1900), Heðin Brú (1901), Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951), Rói Patursson (1947), Marita Petersen (1940), and Aksel V. Johannesen (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Faroe Islands

Among writers born in Faroe Islands, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb ranks 2. Before him are William Heinesen (1900). After him are Símun av Skarði (1872), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Christian Matras (1900), Heðin Brú (1901), Rói Patursson (1947), and Jakob Jakobsen (1864).

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