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.
- Occupation
- historian, pedagogue, writer, university teacher
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- November 8, 1739, 1739
- Died
- March 16, 1804, 1804
