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Mathias Alexander Castren

An eminent philologist, born in Finland, professor of the Finnish Language and Literature in Helsingfors; travelled all over Northern Europe and Asia, and left accounts of the races he visited and their languages; translated the "Kalevala" the epic of the Finns; died prematurely, worn out with his labors (1813-1852).

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