Elias Lönnrot

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Elias Lönnrot was a 19th-century Finnish physician, philologist, and folklorist best known for assembling and editing the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, from oral poetry.

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Elias Lönnrot canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folklorist
human
lexicographer
philologist
physician
university teacher
collectedFrom Karelian oral tradition
countryOfCitizenship Finland
Sweden
dateOfBirth 1802-04-09
dateOfDeath 1884-03-19
educatedAt University of Helsinki NERFINISHED
employer University of Helsinki NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Finns NERFINISHED
familyName Lönnrot NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Finnish language
folklore studies
medicine
philology
givenName Elias NERFINISHED
hasOccupationRole district physician in Kajaani
influenced Finnish national identity
knownFor collecting Finnish oral poetry
compiling the Kalevala
compiling the Kanteletar
languageOfWorkOrName Finnish
Swedish
mannerOfDeath natural causes
movement Finnish national romanticism NERFINISHED
name Elias Lönnrot NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Finnish
notableWork Finnish–Swedish dictionary NERFINISHED
Kalevala NERFINISHED
Kanteletar NERFINISHED
occupation folklorist
lexicographer
philologist
physician
professor
writer
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED
Sammatti NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Grand Duchy of Finland NERFINISHED
Sammatti NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor of Finnish language and literature
religion Lutheranism
sexOrGender male
workLocation Helsinki NERFINISHED
Kajaani NERFINISHED

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Kalevala compiler Elias Lönnrot
Finnish folklore notableCollector Elias Lönnrot