Matthias Castrén

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Finland-Swede ethnographer human linguist university teacher

Matthias Castrén was a 19th-century Finnish linguist and ethnographer known for his pioneering comparative studies of Uralic and related northern Eurasian languages and for helping formulate the early concept of an Altaic language family.

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instanceOf Finland-Swede ⓘ
ethnographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
buriedAt Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki ⓘ
surface form: Hietaniemi cemetery
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1813-12-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1852-05-07 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Helsinki ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Alexander University in Finland

University of Helsinki ⓘ
employer University of Helsinki ⓘ
ethnicGroup Finnish ⓘ
familyName Castrén ⓘ
fieldOfWork Finno-Ugric studies ⓘ
Samoyedic studies ⓘ
Uralic linguistics ⓘ
comparative linguistics ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
givenName Matthias ⓘ
knownFor early formulation of the Altaic language family concept ⓘ
fieldwork among northern Eurasian peoples ⓘ
pioneering comparative studies of Uralic languages ⓘ
languagesSpokenWritten Finnish ⓘ
German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
memberOf Finnish Literature Society ⓘ
notableWork Elementa grammatices Syrjaenae ⓘ
Elementa grammatices Tscheremissae ⓘ
Grammatik der samojedischen Sprachen ⓘ
Nordiska resor och forskningar ⓘ
placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
Tervola ⓘ
placeOfDeath Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
Helsinki ⓘ
positionHeld professor of Finnish language and literature ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied Finnish language ⓘ
Mongolic languages ⓘ
Samoyedic languages ⓘ
Sámi languages ⓘ
Tungusic languages ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
traveledTo Lapland ⓘ
Samoyed territories ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
northern Russia ⓘ
workLocation Helsinki ⓘ

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Altaic languages (proposed) → proposedBy → Matthias Castrén ⓘ