Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ( in Hapsal (now Haapsalu) – in Saint Petersburg) was an

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * 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 See also

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linguist who researched Uralic languages, mostly

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. Wiedemann was also a

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

. Wiedemann was of German-

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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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1805 births 1887 deaths People from Haapsalu People from Kreis Wiek Baltic-German people Linguists from Estonia Estonian Finno-Ugrists 19th-century Estonian people Directors of Asiatic Museum Privy Councillor (Russian Empire) {{botanist-stub