- Otto Donner
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Bust of Otto Donner by Walter Runeberg (Son of J L Runeberg
Otto Donner (1835–1909) 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 Finnish parliament 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.
See also
Categories:- Finnish linguists
- Turkologists
- Finnish politicians
- Finnish senators
- Academics of the University of Helsinki
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Finnish people of German descent
- 1835 births
- 1909 deaths
- Finnish politician stubs
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