The Learned Estonian Society ( Estonian : Õpetatud Eesti Selts , shortened ÕES ; German : Gelehrte Estnische Gesellschaft , shortened GEG ) is Estonia's oldest scholarly organisation, and was formed at the University of Tartu in 1838. Its charter was to study Estonia's history and pre-history, its language, literature and folklore.
5-502: Friedrich Robert Faehlmann , Alexander Friedrich von Hueck and Dietrich Heinrich Jürgenson led the society that consisted of Estonian and Estophile Baltic German intellectuals. The society provides language analysis services in addition to assistance in the development of the scientific study of history, archeology, ethnography, numismatics and art history. The society published yearbooks, bibliographies and Proceedings . The initial version of Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald 's Kalevipoeg
10-668: A co-founder of the Learned Estonian Society . He brought attention to Estonian folklore , notably the Kalevipoeg which, since his death, has become the Estonian national epic , thanks to the efforts of another Estophile, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald . He also recorded a number of tales. In 1840, his story " Koit ja Hämarik " (Dawn and Dusk) was first published. He died of tuberculosis in Dorpat. In 1930,
15-649: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Friedrich Robert Faehlmann Friedrich Robert Faehlmann ( Fählmann ) (31 December 1798 in Ao Manor, Kreis Jerwen – 22 April 1850 in Tartu ) was an Estonian writer , medical doctor and philologist active in Livonia , Russian Empire . He was a co-founder of the Learned Estonian Society at the University of Dorpat and its chairman (1843-1850). He
20-677: Was born to the family of the manager of Ao Manor (now in Väike-Maarja Parish ) in Kreis Jerwen . In 1825, he graduated from the medical department of the University of Dorpat . In 1827, he earned the M.D. degree and become a physician in Dorpat (now Tartu). In addition, he gave lectures in the Estonian language at the university during 1842–1850. In the 1820s, he became interested in Estonian culture and, in 1838, became
25-711: Was published in its Proceedings between 1857 and 1861. In 1950, the Soviet occupation authorities shut down the society and split its collection of 25,000 books, 160,000 pages of manuscripts and 60,000 ethnographical items between several other institutes. The society was restored in 1988 on the initiative of Professor Herbert Ligi of Tartu University . As of 2015, the society's board of directors was: Mart Kuldkepp , Taavi Pae, Marju Luts-Sootak, Tiit Rosenberg , Kersti Taal, Tõnu-Andrus Tannberg , Heiki Valk , and Piret Õunapuu. This article about an organisation in Estonia
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