August Wilhelm Hupel
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Baltic German
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publicist
Publicist
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, estophile and linguist.
In 1766–1767, he translated for Lühhike öppetus
Lühhike öppetus
Lühhike öppetus , by modern orthography 'Lühike õpetus', was the first periodical publication in the Estonian language. Edited by Dr...
, the first Estonian language
Estonian language
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periodical publication, edited by Peter Ernst Wilde
Peter Ernst Wilde
Peter Ernst Wilde was a Baltic German physician and Enlightenment era Estophile....
. In 1771, he published a medical textbook, Arsti ramat nende juhhatamisseks kes tahtvad többed ärra-arvada ning parrandada
Arsti ramat nende juhhatamisseks kes tahtvad többed ärra-arvada ning parrandada
Arsti ramat nende juhhatamisseks kes tahtwad többed ärraarwada ning parrandada was the first medical manual written in Estonian and is also regarded as the beginning of Estonian popular-scientific literature...
(Estonian
Estonian language
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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
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
Morphology (linguistics)
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. The second printing, printed in 1820, had grown to around 20,000 words.
Sources
- Weissenstein Society: August Wilhelm Hupel
- EEVAEEVAEEVA, Eesti vanema kirjanduse digitaalne tekstikogu , is a project of the University of Tartu Library, Department of Literature and Folklore of the University of Tartu and Estonian Literary Museum to digitise old texts that are important to Estonian literature history, thus allowing wide readership...
entry: August Wilhelm Hupel ( * 25.02.1737 - † 07.02.1819 ) - Publitsist, kodu-uurija, keelemees, vaimulik