Friedrich Robert Faehlmann
Estonian writer
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (Fählmann) (31 December 1798 in Ao, Kreis Jerwen, Governorate of Estonia – 22 April 1850 in Tartu) was an Estonian writer, medical doctor and philologist. He was a co-founder of the Learned Estonian Society and its chairman (1843-1850).2
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Born Dec 31, 1798, died Apr 22, 1850.1
About
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann was born in 1798 in the Ao manor (now in Väike-Maarja Parish, Estonia) where his father was the estate manager. In 1825, he graduated from the medical department of the University of Tartu (Dorpat). In 1827, he earned the Doctor of Medicine degree and become a practicing physician in Tartu. In addition, he worked as an Estonian language lecturer at the university in 1842–1850.
In the 1820s he started to research Estonian culture, and in 1838 he became a co-founder of the Learned Estonian Society at the university.
Faehlmann brought attention to Estonian folklore, notably he recorded a number of tales about Kalevipoeg. After his death, another Estophile, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803–1882) compiled the Kalevipoeg legends into what became the Estonian national epic.
In 1840, Faehlmann's story "Koit ja Hämarik" (Dawn and Dusk) was first published.
From Wikipedia’s article on Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
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- Learned Estonian SocietyFounder11
Early life and education
Career
Occupation: university teacher, philologist, ethnologist, physician, writer.6
- Date not recordedWorked at Imperial University of Dorpat4
- Date not recordedFounded Learned Estonian Society5
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- 12Wikimedia CommonsFriedrich Robert Faehlmann photo by Eduard Hau, Public domain