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Elias Lönnrot, Finnish physician and philologist (born 1802)

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Elias Lönnrot

Finnish polymath and poet (1802–1884)

Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish polymath, physician, philosopher, poet, musician, linguist, journalist, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for synthesizing the Finnish national epic, Kalevala from short ballads and lyric poems he gathered…
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March 19

Day of the year

March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 287 days remain until the end of the year.
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