Misplaced Pages

Matthias Johann Eisen

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Estonian folklorist (1857–1934)
Memorial stone for Matthias Johann Eisen in his birthplace, Oese

Matthias Johann Eisen (28 September 1857 – 6 August 1934) was an Estonian folklorist, and from 1920 to 1927 served as a professor of folk poetry at University of Tartu.

Eisen is best known for his thorough collection and a systematic typology of Estonian folk tales, totaling over 90,000 pages.

He was an honorary alumnus of the Estonian Students' Society.

References

  1. Auvilistlased eys.ee

External links


Stub icon

This Estonian academic-related biographical article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: