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Philipp Ruhig

Lithuanian priest (1675-1749)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ7184693 ↗
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Philipp Ruhig (Lithuanian: Pilypas Ruigys, Latin: Philippus Ruhigius) (March 31, 1675, Kattenau — June 4, 1749) was a Lithuanian Lutheran priest from East Prussia mostly known as a philosopher and philologist, an early expert in Lithuanian language.

Major works

1745: "Betrachtung der Littauischen Sprache, in ihrem Ursprunge, Wesen und Eigenschaften"

1747: "Littauisch-Deutschen und Deutsch-Littauischen Lexicon"

References

Further reading

(in Lithuanian) Ruigys P. Lietuvių kalbos kilmės, būdo ir savybių tyrinėjimas. Vaga: 1986, Vilnius. 484 p.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Philipp Ruhig” as lithuanian priest (1675-1749). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1675, 1749, 1745, 1747—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1675-03-31. The account is most persuasive where Philipp, Ruhig and Lithuanian can be independently traced.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 11, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7184693. VIAF identifies the subject as 27053470. The Library of Congress control number is n88645176. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1675, 1749, 1745 and 1747.

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This entry incorporates text from “Philipp Ruhig” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.