Krišjānis Valdemārs (in Germanized spelling as Christian Waldemar or Woldemar) (December 2, 1825 at Vecjunkuri in Ārlava parish (now Valdgale parish, Courland, Latvia) – December 7, 1891 in Moscow, Russia) was a writer, editor, educator, politician, lexicographer, folklorist and economist, the spiritual leader of The First Latvian National Awakening and the most prominent member of the Young Latvians movement.
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2 December 1825 Ārlava parish, Courland, Russian empire (Now )
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7 December 1891 (aged 66) Moscow, Russian Empire (now Russia)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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