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About Henrik Gabriel Porthan
Henrik Gabriel Porthan was a professor and rector at the Royal Academy of Turku, Finland, which was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. He was a scholar sometimes known as The Father of Finnish History. Porthan's legacy greatly influenced the rise of the Finnish national culture and romanticism of the early 19th century.
Everything about Henrik Gabriel Porthan →- Occupation
- historian, pedagogue, writer, university teacher
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- November 8, 1739, 1739
- Died
- March 16, 1804, 1804