About Peter Andresen Oelrichs
Lived 1781 – 1869 (aged 88). Peter Andresen Oelrichs was a linguist, translator and lexicographer.
Peter Andresen Oelrichs (26 February 1781, in Heligoland – 18 June 1869, in Amsterdam ) was a captain. He was the author of Kleines Wörterbuch zur Erlernung der Helgolander Sprache für Deutsche, Engländer und Holländer, a vocabulary translating words spoken on the island of Heligoland into German, French and Dutch.
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Peter Andresen Oelrichs was born on 26 February 1781 in Heligoland.
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Peter Andresen Oelrichs died on 18 June 1869.
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Peter Andresen Oelrichs was a linguist, translator and lexicographer.
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