Georg Wenker

Georg Wenker
Born	(1852-01-25)January 25, 1852
Died	July 17, 1911(1911-07-17) (aged 59)
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	German philosophy
Main interests	Dialectology

Georg Wenker (January 25, 1852 – July 17, 1911) was a German linguist who began documenting German dialect geography during the late nineteenth century. He is considered a pioneer in this field and contributed several groundbreaking publications, most notably, the Deutscher Sprachatlas.