1839
Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (died 1907)
Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (died 1907)
Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (died 1907)
Jakob Hurt
Estonian ethnologist, folklorist and linguist
- Born
- 1839
Jakob Hurt was an Estonian folklorist, nationalist, and theologian. He was a major figure in the Estonian national awakening and worked as a pastor in Otepää and Saint Petersburg. While he was president of the Society of Estonian Literati, he oversaw a project to collect hundreds of thousands of works of poetry and folklore in the Estonian language. Hurt was featured on the 10 krooni note from 1991 to 2012.