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Matthias Alexander Castrén
Finnish ethnologist and philologist (1813–1852).
Born December 2nd, 1813 in Tervola.
Died May 7th, 1852 at 38 years old in Helsinki (tuberculosis).
Occupations
anthropologist, explorer, linguist, translator, university teacher, writer
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