Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb 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 western dialects of Old Norse.
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1819 to 1909 · aged 90
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