Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

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Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald was a 19th-century Estonian writer and physician best known as the author of the Estonian national epic "Kalevipoeg."


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Estonian writer
folklorist
person
physician
writer
commemoratedBy Kreutzwald Memorial Museum in Võru
monuments in Tartu
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
dateOfBirth 1803-12-26
dateOfDeath 1882-08-25
describedBySource Estonian literary history
educatedAt University of Tartu
ethnicGroup Estonians
familyName Kreutzwald NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork folklore
literature
medicine
gender male
genre epic poetry
fairy tale
folktale
givenName Friedrich NERFINISHED
Reinhold
hasPartInCollection Estonian national epic tradition
influenced Estonian national identity
languageOfWorkOrName Estonian
movement Estonian national awakening
name Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Estonian
notableWork Eesti rahva ennemuistsed jutud
Kalevipoeg
Reinuvader Rebane
occupation folklorist
physician
translator
writer
placeOfBirth Governorate of Estonia
Haljala Parish
Jõepere
placeOfDeath Governorate of Livonia NERFINISHED
Tartu
positionHeld city physician of Võru
residence Tartu NERFINISHED
Võru NERFINISHED
spouse Marie Elisabeth Saedler NERFINISHED

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

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