Gustaf John Ramstedt
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Gustaf John Ramstedt born in Ekenäs October 22, 1873, died in Helsinki November 25, 1950, was a Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat. As an undergraduate, he attended the University of Helsinki, where he studied Finno-Ugric languages under Eemil Nestor Setälä. He was later attracted to the study of Altaic languages and went to Mongolia to study the Mongolian language at the suggestion of Otto Donner. He later became professor extraordinarius in Altaic languages at the same university.
Following the independence of Finland in 1917, he became Finland's first envoy to Japan, as a Chargé d'affaires, from 1920 to 1929, during which he was a frequent guest lecturer at Tokyo Imperial University, where he influenced Kunio Yanagita, Izuru Shimura, Kyosuke Kindaichi, and Shimpei Ogura. He acquired command of the Japanese language remarkably quickly. He also was chairman of the Finnish Esperanto Society.
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| Otto Donner, Eemil Nestor Setälä | |
[edit] Publications
- Bergtscheremissische Sprachstudien, Helsinki, 1902 (Hill)
- A Korean grammar. Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, 1939.
[edit] Source
- Poppe, Nicholas. "Obituary: Gustav John Ramstedt 1873-1950." Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 14, no. 1/2 (1951): 315-22.
