WIEDEMANN, Oskar Johann. Jurburg, govt. Kaunas (Jurbarke, Lithuania) 3.12.1860 — Leipzig 9.12.1917. German (Baltic) Linguist. In 1879-83 studies of comparative linguistics under L. Meyer at Dorpat (Tartu), then further studies in Germany. Mag. 1886 Dorpat. Ph.D. 1889 Dorpat. PD 1887 Dorpat, quitted in 1890 because of Russification of the university, but at least for a while continued with his research.

Publications: Mag.diss. Beiträge zur altbulgarischen Conjugation. 154 p. St.Petersburg 1886; Ph.D. diss. Das litauische Präteritum. Ein Beitrag zur Verbalflexion der indogermanischen Sprachen. 15+230 p. Strassburg 1889.

– “Etymologien”, BB 27, 1902, 193-261 & 28, 1904, 1-83, and other articles on comparative linguistics in KZ 31–33, 1892-95, and BB 13–28, 1888-1904.

– Handbuch der Litauischen Sprache. Grammatik, Texte, Wörterbuch. 230 p. Strassburg 1897; articles on Balto-Slavic in BB 29-30, 1905-06.

Sources: Album Acad. Dorpat.; works in Ges.Verz.; date and place of death in Estonian Vikipeedia.