About Yrjö Wichmann
Lived 1868 – 1932 (aged 63). Yrjö Wichmann was a Russian and Finnish philologist and ethnographer.
Yrjö Jooseppi Wichmann (8 September 1868 – 3 May 1932) was a Finnish linguist. He was a professor of Finno-Ugric language studies at the University of Helsinki in 1920–1932.
Wichmann's parents were Vicar Emil August Wichmann (1831–1886) and Charlotta Wilhelmina Schroderus (1841–1927). He graduated from the Oulun Lyseo Upper Secondary School in 1887 and then graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in philosophy in 1891 and a licentiate and doctorate in 1897. Wichmann was also awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Marburg in 1927.
Wichmann was married to Julia Maria Herrmann (1881–1974) since 1905. Their son was (1907–1958), professor of commercial law at Helsinki School of Economics.
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Yrjö Wichmann was born on 8 September 1868 in Liminka.
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Yrjö Wichmann died on 3 May 1932 in Helsinki.
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Yrjö Wichmann was Russian and Finnish.
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