Otto Donner
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Otto Donner (15 December 1835, Kokkola – 17 September 1909, Helsinki) was a Finnish linguist and politician.
Biography
He was professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Indo-European linguistics at the University of Helsinki, but also studied the Finno-Ugric languages. He was a member of the Diet of Finland 1877–1905, and minister of education 1905–1908. He was also influential in the founding of the Finno-Ugrian Society in 1883.[1][2] He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1886.[3]
His mother tongue was Swedish, but he was a fennoman by conviction. He had many children: Ossian, Otto Jr., Uno, Kai, Harry and Eva Louise.[1]
He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[4]
See also
- Donner family
- Otto Donner in 375 humanists – 26 April 2015. Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki.
Footnotes
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- 1835 births
- 1909 deaths
- People from Kokkola
- People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
- Donner family
- Finnish people of German descent
- Young Finnish Party politicians
- Finnish senators
- Members of the Diet of Finland
- Linguists from Finland
- Academic staff of the University of Helsinki
- Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery
- Members of the American Philosophical Society
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Linguists from the Russian Empire