Donner, Kai, 1888-1935

Among the Samoyed in Siberia
Book 1954

Summary: Karl Reinhold "Kai" Donner was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Ob-Ugric and Samoyedic peoples in Siberia 1911–1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924. He was considered a pioneer of modern anthropological fieldwork methods, though his work is little known in the English-speaking world. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Born: 1888 [2]; 1888-04-01 [6]
Birth Place: Helsinki [3][6]
Died: 1935 [2]; 1935-02-12 [6]
Death Place: Helsinki [3][6]
Country: Finland [2]
Language: Swedish [3][5]; Finnish [5]; German [5]
Occupation: Politiķis [5]; Valodnieks [5]; Etnologs [5]; explorer [6]; linguist [6]; politician [6]; university teacher [6]; military personnel [6]; ethnologist [6]
Profession: Philologe [2]
Employer: University of Helsinki [6]
Field of Activity: Valodniecība [5]; Etnoloģija [5]
Educated at: University of Cambridge [6]
Country of Education: United Kingdom [6]
Yale LUX: Entity [6]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Library of Congress; 5. National Library of Latvia; 6. Wikidata

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