Name Matthias Eisen | Education University of Tartu | |
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Died August 6, 1934, Tartu, Estonia | ||
Matthias Johann Eisen (28 September 1857 – 6 August 1934) was an Estonian folklorist and in 1920–1927 served as the Professor of Folk Poetry at University of Tartu.
Eisen is most known for his very thorough collection and a systematic typology of Estonian folk tales, totalling over 90,000 pages.
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