About O. J. Tuulio
Lived 1878 – 1941 (aged 63). O. J. Tuulio was a Finnish linguist, literary scholar, romanist and author.
Oiva Johannes Tuulio (17 January 1878, Pyhäjärvi – 21 June 1941, Helsinki) was a Finnish linguist specializing in the Romance languages. He bore the surname Tallgren until 1933.
Tuulio was son to provost Ivar Markus Tallgren and Jenny Maria Montin. He earned his PhD in 1907, was awarded the title of docent in 1910 and served as extraordinary professor of the Southern Romance languages at the University of Helsinki from 1928 to 1941. He made study trips to Paris 1901–1902 and to Southern Europe 1903–1904, 1907–1908, 1926 and 1931. He also studied the influence of Arabic on Spanish
Oiva Tuulio was married to writer Tyyni Tuulio since 1917. They had three sons; the eldest son was killed in the beginning of the Continuation War. Tuulio succumbed to tuberculosis in 1941. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.
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Finnish linguist and professor
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O. J. Tuulio was born on 17 January 1878 in Pyhäjärvi Ul.
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O. J. Tuulio died on 21 June 1941 in Helsinki.
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O. J. Tuulio was a linguist, literary scholar, romanist and author.
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O. J. Tuulio was Finnish.
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