Friedrich Robert Faehlmann

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Friedrich Robert Faehlmann was a 19th-century Estonian physician, writer, and folklorist who played a key role in the Estonian national awakening and the early development of Estonian literature and mythology.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Estonian national awakening figure
folklorist
human
physician
writer
contributedTo Estonian national awakening
development of Estonian national mythology
early development of Estonian literature
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
dateOfBirth 1798-12-31
dateOfDeath 1850-04-22
educatedAt University of Dorpat
ethnicGroup Estonian
familyName Faehlmann
fieldOfWork Estonian literature
folklore
linguistics
medicine
mythology
givenName Friedrich
Robert
influenced Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald NERFINISHED
knownFor collecting Estonian folklore
influencing the national epic Kalevipoeg
systematizing Estonian mythology
languageOfWorkOrName Estonian
German
memberOf Learned Estonian Society
name Friedrich Robert Faehlmann NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Estonian
notableWork Estonian folk tales
mythological prose pieces later used in Kalevipoeg
myths about Kalevipoeg
occupation folklorist
philologist
physician
translator
writer
placeOfBirth Ao Manor
Governorate of Estonia
Järva County
placeOfDeath Dorpat
Governorate of Livonia
positionHeld founding member of the Learned Estonian Society
president of the Learned Estonian Society
religion Lutheranism
sexOrGender male
studied medicine
workLocation Dorpat
Tartu

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
University of Tartu
hasNotableAlumni

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