Matthias Johann Eisen

Matthias Johann Eisen

Matthias Johann Eisen (28 September 1857 — 6 August 1934) was an Estonian folklorist and in 1920—1927 served as the Professor of Folk Poetry at University of Tartu.

Eisen is most known for his very thorough collection and a systematic typology of Estonian folk tales, totalling over 90,000 pages.