August Wilhelm Hupel ( in
Buttelstedt
Buttelstedt is a town and a former municipality in the Weimarer Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 11 km north of Weimar. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Am Ettersberg.
History
Within the German Empire ...
near
Weimar – in
Paide) was a
Baltic German publicist,
estophile
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and
linguist.
In 1766–1767, he translated for ''
Lühhike öppetus'', the first
Estonian language periodical publication, edited by
Peter Ernst Wilde
Peter Ernst Wilde ( – ) was a Baltic German
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. In 1771, he published a medical textbook, ''
Arsti ramat nende juhhatamisseks kes tahtvad többed ärra-arvada ning parrandada'' (
Estonian
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* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
* Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
* Estonian language
* Estonian cuisine
* Estonian culture
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for ''Manual of medical diagnostics and healthcare'', literally ''Doctor's book to instruct those who want to guess and repair ailments'').
In 1780, Hupel completed a treatise on
Estonian
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* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
* Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
* Estonian language
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grammar, ''Ehstnische Sprachlehre für beide Hauptdialekte, den revalschen und den dörptschen, nebst einem vollständigen Wörterbuch''. First printing of the included
dictionary
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contained around 17,000 words and description of their
morphology. The second printing, printed in 1820, had grown to around 20,000 words.
Sources
* Weissenstein Society
August Wilhelm Hupel*
EEVA
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entry
August Wilhelm Hupel ( * 25.02.1737 - † 07.02.1819 ) - Publitsist, kodu-uurija, keelemees, vaimulik
1737 births
1819 deaths
People from Buttelstedt
People from Saxe-Weimar
18th-century Estonian people
18th-century German people
Linguists from Estonia
Linguists from Germany
Baltic-German people
People from Paide
Estophiles
Estonian publishers (people)
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