[Gutenberg 45500] • Nuoren ylioppilaan kirjeitä 1850-luvulta
- Authors
- Krohn, Julius
- Tags
- fennomania , krohn , julius , 1835-1888 -- correspondence , folklorists -- finland -- correspondence
- Date
- 2014-04-26T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.13 MB
- Lang
- fi
Julius Leopold Fredrik Krohn (19 April 1835 – 28 August 1888) was a Finnish folk poetry researcher, professor of Finnish literature, poet, hymn writer, translator and journalist. He was born in Viipuri and was of Baltic German origin. Krohn worked as a lecturer on Finnish language in Helsinki University from the year 1875 and as a supernumerary professor from 1885. He was one of the most notable researchers into Finnish folk poetry in the 19th century. His native language was German.