Kaarle Krohn
Kaarle Leopold Krohn (born May 10, 1863 in Helsinki , † June 19, 1933 in Sammatti ) was a Finnish folklorist .
Career
Kaarle Krohn, son of Julius Krohn , brother of Ilmari Krohn and half-brother of Aino Kallas , became an associate professor (ten years later professor ) for Finnish and comparative folklore studies ( suomalaisen ja vertailevan kansanrunoudentutkimuksen ) at the University of Helsinki in 1898 , making him the world's first professor for Is narrative research . In 1907 he founded the Association of Folklore Fellows together with Johannes Bolte and Axel Olrik (1864–1917); from 1911 he was the first editor of the Folklore Fellows' Communications ( FFC ). In 1917 he became chairman of the Finnish Literature Society ( Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura ).
Krohn co-founded the Finnish Academy of Sciences ( Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia - Academia Scientiarum Fennica - Finnish Academy of Science and Letters ) as well as the journals Virittäjä (1896) and Finnish-Ugric research (1901). He is considered to be the actual founder of the "geographical-historical method" ( Finnish School ), which he described in 1926 in the book The folkloric working method .
Prizes and awards
- 1919 Honorary doctorate from the University of Rostock
- 1923 Honorary doctorate from the University of Tartu
- 1929 Honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen
Publications
- Eliel Aspelin-Haapkylä as the author of the more recent folkloric collection of the Finnish Literature Society. Helsinki 1920 (Folklore Fellows' Communications 35).
- KF Karjalainen. Helsinki 1921 (Folklore Fellows' Communications 40).
- Magical runes of origin of the Finns. Painettu Keravalla 1924 (Folklore Fellows' Communications 52).
- The folk way of working. Founded by Julius Krohn and continued by Nordic researchers. Explained by Kaarle Krohn. Oslo 1926.
- Overview of some results of fairy tale research. Helsinki 1931 (Folklore Fellows' Communications 96).
- Antti Aarne. Helsinki 1926 (Folklore Fellows' Communications 64).
literature
- Juha Pentikäinen: Krohn, Kaarle Leopold. In: Enzyklopadie des Märchen Vol. 8 (1996), Col. 484-486.
Web links
- Literature by and about Kaarle Krohn in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krohn, Kaarle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krohn, Kaarle Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish folklorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki , Finland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1933 |
| Place of death | Sammatti , Finland |