Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann

Estonian linguist and botanist (1805–1887) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 a linguist who researched Uralic languages, mostly Estonian. Wiedemann was also a botanist.

Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann
Wiedemann‘s grave, Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery

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.

The standard author abbreviation Wiedem. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

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