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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 31,675 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb is the 2,718th most popular writer (down from 2,380th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Faroe Islands and the 2nd most popular Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb ranks 2,718 out of 5,755Before him are Vyacheslav Ivanov, Jorge Bucay, Abolqasem Lahouti, Anatoly Rybakov, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, and Mary Mapes Dodge. After him are Max Beerbohm, Tomas Venclova, Brian Herbert, Matthias Claudius, Ibn Manzur, and Itzhak Katzenelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb ranks 51Before him are Franz Abt, Thomas A. Hendricks, Panteleimon Kulish, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, William A. Wheeler, and Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke. After him are Clément Juglar, Maria Wodzińska, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, and Lucile Grahn. Among people deceased in 1909, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb ranks 41Before him are Friedrich Martens, Renée Vivien, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Helena Modjeska, and Emil Christian Hansen. After him are Giuseppe Martucci, Walther Ritz, Zhang Zhidong, Charles-Louis Philippe, Karl Krumbacher, and Afonso Pena.

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In Faroe Islands

Among people born in Faroe Islands, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb ranks 3 out of 25Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860) and William Heinesen (1900). After him are Símun av Skarði (1872), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Ruth Smith (1913), Heðin Brú (1901), Christian Matras (1900), Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951), Marita Petersen (1940), Rói Patursson (1947), and Eivør Pálsdóttir (1983).

Among WRITERS In Faroe Islands

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