Esko Aaltonen
Esko Aaltonen (born March 9, 1893 in Forssa , † March 24, 1966 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish sociologist and folklorist .
After working as a high school teacher and journalist in his hometown, Aaltonen became editor-in-chief of the cultural magazine Suomalainen Suomi . In his scientific work he mainly dealt with Finnish customs and cooperative society . From 1949 to 1951 he worked as a lecturer in social history at the University of Turku and then until 1962 as a professor of sociology there. During this time he turned to social psychology , social ecology and family sociology.
Fonts (selection)
- Länsi-suomen yhteismyllyt ("The community mills in western Finland)", Diss. 1944
- Kuluttajat yhteistyössä (" Consumer Cooperative " ), 1953 ( Ger . "Finland's Consumers in Their Cooperation , 1958)
literature
- H [eikki] Leimu: Aaltonen, Esko. In: Wilhelm Bernsdorf , Horst Knospe (Ed.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon. Volume 1: Articles on sociologists who died by the end of 1969. 2nd revised edition. Enke, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-432-82652-4 , p. 1.
Web links
- Literature by and about Esko Aaltonen in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aaltonen, Esko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish sociologist and folklorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forssa |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1966 |
| Place of death | Helsinki |