Henrik Gabriel Porthan

Japanese: ポルタン（英語表記）Henrik Gabriel Porthan

1739‐1804
A historian and linguist from Finland (then part of Sweden). Born into a pastor's family, he studied at the University of Turku, and later worked as a lecturer in Latin language and literature and a librarian, devoting himself to organizing and expanding the library and collecting folklore. He published the first newspaper in Finland to present research on the language, history, and geography of the country. After being promoted to professor, he studied in Göttingen, Germany, where he came into contact with comparative linguistics and shifted the focus of his research to the origins and evolution of the Finns. His active work in organizing and publishing historical materials earned him the title "father of Finnish historiography."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1739‐1804
フィンランド(当時スウェーデン領)の歴史家，言語学者。牧師の家に生まれ，トゥルク大学に学び，のちラテン語･ラテン文学の講師，図書館司書として図書の整理拡充，民間伝承の収集に尽力する。フィンランドで初めて，その言語･歴史･地理の研究発表のための新聞を発行。教授昇格後ドイツのゲッティンゲンに留学し，比較言語学に接して研究の中心がフィン人の起源･変遷に移る。活発な歴史資料の整理･出版により，〈フィンランド史学の父〉と称された。

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