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Otto Donner

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Bust of Otto Donner by Walter Runeberg

Otto Donner (15 December 1835, Kokkola – 17 September 1909, Helsinki) was a Finnish linguist and politician.

Biography

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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

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b "Donner, Otto (1835 - 1909)". National Biography of Finland. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Pohjoisranta 12 - A Home With A Sea View". 375 Humanists. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  4. ^ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 2016-08-26.