Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb

Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
BornMarch 25, 1819
Sandavágur, Faroe Islands
DiedApril 8, 1909(1909-04-08) (aged 90)
Copenhagen, Denmark

Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (Faroese pronunciation: [ˈvɛnsɛslɔus ˈulrikus ˈhamːəʂhaimp], Icelandic: [ˈvɛnsɛslɔis ˈʏltrɪkʏs ˈhamːɛrshaimp]; March 25, 1819 – April 8, 1909) was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese – the language of the Faroe Islands – based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese, derives from Old Norse.

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