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)^[1] was an Estonian linguist who researched Uralic languages, mostly Estonian. Wiedemann was also a botanist.

Wiedemann was of German-Swedish origin. 1869 he published an Estonian-German dictionary (Ehstnisch-deutsches Wörterbuch), which was the richest dictionary of Estonian words for a long time.

References

↑ "Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann". EEVA: Digital Text Repository for Older Estonian Literature.
↑ IPNI. Wiedem.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 59125479 LCCN: n86004299 ISNI: 0000 0001 0905 5022 GND: 117353396 SUDOC: 030275156 BNF: cb12172616k (data) Botanist: Wiedem.

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