Agathon Meurman

Agathon Meurman (9 October, 1826, Kangasala – 17 January, 1909, Helsinki) was a Finnish politician and journalist. He was one of the key persons of the Fennoman movement and since 1863 the leader of the Finnish Party together with Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen.^[1]

In 1883–1890 Meurman published the first Finnish language encyclopaedia Sanakirja yleiseen sivistykseen kuuluvia tietoja varten. It was mostly based on the German Meyers Encyclopedia.^[1]

Selected works

Finnish–French Dictionary (1877)
Sanakirja yleiseen sivistykseen kuuluvia tietoja varten (1883–1890)
Finnish-Russian Dictionary (1885)
Memoirs (1909)

References

1 2 Meurman, Agathon (1826 - 1909) Finnish National Biography. Retrieved 7 May 2016. (Finnish)

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