Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot 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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Date of Birth
April 9th, 1802
Age
224
Birth Place
Finland, Uusimaa, Lohja
Date of Death
March 19th, 1884
Died Aged
81
Star Sign
Aries
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