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Ludvig Wimmer
Ludvig Wimmer
Born	7 February 1839 ; Ringkøbing
Died	29 April 1920 (aged 81); Copenhagen
Resting place	Bispebjerg Cemetery
Occupation	Linguist, philologist
Employer	University of Copenhagen ;
Awards	Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn (1892); Medal of Merit in Gold (1905); Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (1910); honorary doctor of the Leipzig University (1909); honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo (1911) ;
Position held	rector (University of Copenhagen, 1894–1895)

Ludvig Frands Adalbert Wimmer (7 February 1839, Ringkøbing – 29 April 1920, Copenhagen) was a Danish linguist and runologist.^[1] He was the first modern runic scholar, publishing his work Runeskriftens oprindelse og udvikling i Norden in 1874. He proved that all runic alphabets went back to one basic futhark of 24 signs, which was known and used by all the Germanic tribes.

References

^ Bjerrum, Marie. "Ludvig F. A. Wimmer". In Bech, Svend Cedergreen (ed.). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish) (3rd ed.).

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[:0-1] Bjerrum, Marie. "Ludvig F. A. Wimmer". In Bech, Svend Cedergreen (ed.). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish) (3rd ed.).

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