Georg Heinrich Ferdinand Nesselmann

Georg Heinrich Ferdinand Nesselmann (February 14, 1811 in Fürstenau, near Tiegenhof, West Prussia (now Kmecin, within Nowy Dwór Gdański) January 7, 1881 in Königsberg) was a German orientalist, philologist with interests in Baltic languages, and a mathematics historian.[1]

He suggested the term "Baltic languages".

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References

  1. Moritz Cantor, "Nesselmann: Georg Heinrich Ferdinand". In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Vol. 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 445.
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