Jakob Hurt ( in Himmaste – in

St Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was a notable Estonian folklorist,

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, and

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. With respect to the last, he is perhaps best known for his dissertation on "pure" -ne stem nouns ("Die estnischen Nomina auf -ne purum", 1886). Also known as the "king of Estonian folklore", Hurt planned the publication in the 1870s of a six volume series called '' Monumenta Estoniae Antiquae''. Hurt organised around 1400 volunteer collectors via a press campaign, who visited almost every house in

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collecting around 124,000 pages of folklore. Due to financial difficulties, however, only two volumes of folk songs were published in 1875–76, entitled ''Vana kannel'' (Old Zither). Two more volumes were published in 1938 and 1941. Hurt also published a three volume collection called ''Setukeste laulud'' (The

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' Songs) between 1894 and 1907. There are monuments to him at

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

and in

Põlva Põlva () is a town in southeastern Estonia, the capital of Põlva County, and the centre of Põlva Parish. Põlva is home for the Intsikurmu Song Festival Grounds, which regularly hosts concerts and summer activities, situated in a small for ...

. Tartu, Põlva,

Otepää Otepää (formerly Nuustaku) is a town in Valga County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative centre of Otepää Parish. Otepää is a popular skiing resort, popularly known as the "winter capital" of Estonia (in contrast to the "summer ca ...

and Himmaste also have a street named after him. He was also featured on the 10 krooni note.

Membership in organisations

Jakob Hurt was an honorary alumnus of the

Estonian Students' Society The Estonian Students' Society ( et, Eesti Üliõpilaste Selts; commonly used acronym: EÜS) is the largest and oldest all-male academical student society in Estonia, and is similar to the Baltic German student organizations known as corporat ...

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Bibliography

* Rudolf Põldmäe, "Noor Jakob Hurt". Eesti Raamat,

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

1988 * "Jakob Hurt 1839-1907". Koostanud

Mart Laar Mart Laar (born 22 April 1960) is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia's Economy_of_Estonia#Restoration_o ...

, Rein Saukas, Ülo Tedre. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn, 1989 * Mart Laar, "Raamat Jakob Hurdast". Ilmamaa,

1995

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1839 births 1907 deaths People from Põlva Parish People from Kreis Werro Estonian Lutheran clergy Linguists from Estonia Estonian folklorists 19th-century Estonian people University of Tartu alumni University of Helsinki alumni {{Theologian-stub