Elias Lönnrot
(1802-1884)
Compiler of the Kalevala
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Elias Lönnrot ( 9 April 1802 – 19 March 1884) was a Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for creating the Finnish national epic, Kalevala, (1835, enlarged 1849), from short ballads and lyric poems gathered from the Finnish oral tradition during several expeditions in Finland, Russian Karelia, the Kola Peninsula and Baltic countries.
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9 April 1802 Sammatti, Uusimaa, Finland
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19 March 1884 (aged 81) Sammatti, Uusimaa, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Finland)
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