Friedrich Robert Faehlmann
Illustration — Friedrich R. Lithograph by Eduard Hau (1838) 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). Friedrich Robert Faehlmann was born in 1798 in the Ao manor (now in Väike-Maarja Parish, Estonia) where his father was the estate manager.
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Friedrich Robert Faehlmann
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- Born
- 1798 · Koeru Rural Municipality.
- Died
- 1850 · Tartu.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- physician · writer · university teacher · philologist · ethnologist
- Education
- Tartu Governorate Gymnasium · Imperial University of Dorpat
- Languages
- German · Estonian
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Illustration — Friedrich R. Lithograph by Eduard Hau (1838) 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). Friedrich Robert Faehlmann was born in 1798 in the Ao manor (now in Väike-Maarja Parish, Estonia) where his father was the estate manager.
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Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798–1850) was an ethnologist, philologist and physician, among other activities, of Russian nationality. The ethnologist was born in Koeru Rural Municipality and died in Tartu.
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann was educated at Imperial University of Dorpat and Tartu Governorate Gymnasium. The ethnologist worked for Imperial University of Dorpat and worked in Tartu. Languages used include Estonian and German.
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In 1930 a bronze bust (sculptor V. Mellik) was installed in Tartu. In 1938, he was featured on 5 and 25 sent postage stamps issued by Estonia. In 1998 the Estonian Post issued a postmark in the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of his birth.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Friedrich Robert Fählmann and Friedrich Faehlmann. His recorded languages were German and Estonian. He was the child of Heinrich Johann Faehlmann and Katharina Faehlmann. He married Henriette Faehlmann. 2 children are recorded: Friedrich Faehlmann and Robert Faehlmann.
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Friedrich Robert Faehlmann is recorded as physician, writer, university teacher, philologist and ethnologist.
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1798
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann born at Koeru Rural Municipality.
1850
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann died at Tartu.
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Koeru Rural Municipality.
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Friedrich Robert Faehlmann is recorded as having studied at Tartu Governorate Gymnasium and Imperial University of Dorpat.
Mehe portree (Fr. R. Faehlmann?)
August Georg Wilhelm Pezold
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Fr. R. Faehlmanni portree, Ants Laikmaa, EKM j 5446 M 2932
Ants Laikmaa · EKM j 5446 M 2932
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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.
• M.D. dissertation "Observationes inflammationum occultiorum" (1827) • "Versuch einer neuen Anordnung der Conjunctionen in der estnischen Sprache" (1842) • "Ueber die Declination der estnischen Nomina" (1844) • "Die Ruhrepidemie in Dorpat im Herbst 1846" (1846) • "Verhandlungen der Gelehrten estnischen Gesellschaft" (1852)
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