Elias Lönnrot

Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional finnish oral poetry (1802-1884).

Born April 9th, 1802 in Sammatti.

Died March 19th, 1884 at 81 years old in Sammatti.

Occupations
botanist, collector, folklorist, hymnwriter, lexicographer, linguist, pedagogue, philologist, physician, physician writer, poet, writer
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