Zacharias Topelius

Zacharias Topelius was born in Nykarleby on 14 January 1818, the son of a physician who collected Finnish folk songs. Prepared for the entrance examination by Runeberg, he entered the University of Helsingfors at fifteen, became a master in 1840 and from 1841 to 1860 edited the newspaper Helsingfors Tidningar, in which he was one of the first to call for social reforms. A doctor of history in 1847, he became professor of history at the university. His children's tales, collected in eight volumes from 1865 to 1896, made his name throughout the North. He died on 12 March 1898 at Björkudden, in Sipoo.

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• NovelThe Surgeon's StoriesFältskärns berättelserZacharias Topelius · 1867LiteraturePublic domain