Ilmari Justus Andreus Manninen (2 September 1894 – 14 June 1935) was a Finnish professor, writer and ethnographer. He led the Estonian National Museum when it opened at

Raadi Manor Raadi Manor (german: link=no, Ratshof) was in the area known as Raadi-Kruusamäe, on the outskirts of Tartu in Estonia. The manor and Raadi Manor Park were the home to the Liphart noble family who were significant art collectors. The family m ...

Life

Manninen was born in Viipuri in 1894. in 1919 Tartu University was allowed to become a university that taught all its lessons in the Estonian language. This was a new venture and the ambition was limited by the number of Estonian speaking lecturers. To fill the gap a number of foreigners were invited, including Manninen, to assist. In 1922 the university obtained the rights to

which had been the ancestral home of the art collecting noble family of the Lipharts. The relatively new Estonian National Museum was to establish itself there and Manninen was successful in being appointed the director. When he left Estonia it was to lead the Ethnographic Department of the National Museum in Helsinki. Manninen died in Helsinki in 1935 at the age of 40. The Finnish Antiquarian Society struck a medal in his honour that was designed by

Kalervo Kallio Niilo Kalervo Kallio (28 March 1909 – 2 November 1969) was a Finnish sculptor. He was the son of the fourth President of Finland Kyösti Kallio.

in 1952.Membership
, Finnish Antiquarian Society, retrieved 1 January 2014

Works

* Eesti rahvariiete ajalugu. Tartu, 1927. * Die Sachkultur Estlands, 3 vols. Tartu, 1931–33. * Suomensukuiset Kansat. Porvoo, 1929. * Suomen suku, vol. 1. Helsinki, 1934.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manninen, Ilmari 1894 births 1935 deaths Writers from Vyborg People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish ethnographers University of Helsinki alumni Academic staff of the University of Tartu Academic staff of the University of Helsinki Finnish expatriates in Estonia