Ernst Förstemann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ernst Förstemann

German historian, archivist and librarian

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1822

Place of Birth: Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 04-Nov-1906

Profession: writer, librarian, historian, archivist, linguist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Ernst Förstemann

  • Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann (Danzig, 18 September 1822 – Charlottenburg, 4 November 1906) was a German historian, mathematician, doctor of linguistics, librarian, and director of the Saxon State Library (German: Sächsische Landesbibliothek) in Dresden.
  • He is known as a founder of onomastics and folk etymology studies in Germany, and also for his seminal contributions made in the early years of Mayanist research, towards the decipherment and understanding of calendrical elements in the pre-Columbian Maya script.

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