Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFerdinand Johann Wiedemann
Estonian linguist and botanist
Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1805
Place of Birth: Haapsalu, Lääne County, Estonia
Date of Death: 29-Dec-1887
Profession: botanist, linguist
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann
- 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.
- In 1869 he published an Estonian-German dictionary (Ehstnisch-deutsches Wörterbuch), which was the richest dictionary of Estonian words for a long time.
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