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Otto Donner
The basics
Quick Facts
| Intro | German economist |
| Was | Economist Educator |
| From | Germany United States of America |
| Field | Academia Finance |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 22 April 1902, Berlin |
| Death | 30 June 1981, Washington, D.C. (aged 79 years) |
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Otto Donner (15 December 1835, Kokkola – 17 September 1909, Helsinki) was a Finnish linguist and politician. 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.
His mother tongue was Swedish, but he was a fennoman by conviction.
He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.
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