Samuli Paulaharju
Professor Samuli Paulaharju | |
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Born | Kurikka, Finland | April 14, 1875
Died | February 6, 1944 Oulu, Finland | (aged 68)
Resting place | Oulu Cemetery |
Occupation | Teacher, ethnographer, writer |
Language | Finnish |
Samuli Paulaharju (14 April 1875 – 6 February 1944) was a Finnish teacher, ethnographer and writer. He was granted with the title of Professor in October 1943.[1]
Paulaharju was born in Kurikka in 1875. He studied in the Jyväskylä Teacher Seminary and graduated in 1901.[1] After graduation, he first worked in Uusikirkko but in 1904 he moved to Oulu to work as a crafts and arts teacher in a school for deaf-mute children.[2] Paulaharju spent summers for field trips collecting folklore, in the winter he wrote his works and taught in the school.[3] He wrote 21 books, hundreds of journal articles, took over eight thousand photographs and made thousands of drawings on his trips.[1]
Since 1908 Paulaharju also worked as a curator for the Northern Ostrobothnia museum in Oulu. Nowadays Paulaharju's study and library can be found in the museum.[3] Samuli Paulaharju is buried in the Oulu Cemetery.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Samuli Paulaharjun elämäntyö" (in Finnish). Samuli Paulaharjun Säätiö. 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
- ^ Maijanen, Heli (2003). "Perhe-elämää". Samuli Paulaharju - kerääjä ja kirjailija (in Finnish). Oulun kaupunginkirjasto-maakuntakirjasto. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
- ^ a b Maijanen, Heli (2003). "Opetustyö". Samuli Paulaharju - kerääjä ja kirjailija (in Finnish). Oulun kaupunginkirjasto-maakuntakirjasto. Retrieved 2014-08-29.