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,
theologian
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, and
linguist
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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
Livonia
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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
Setos' Songs) between 1894 and 1907.
There are monuments to him at
Tartu
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and in
Põlva
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Põlva is home for the Intsikurmu Song Festival Grounds, which regularly hosts concerts and summer activities, situated in a small f ...
. 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 c ...
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.
Auvilistlased
eys.ee
Bibliography
* Rudolf Põldmäe, "Noor Jakob Hurt". Eesti Raamat, Tallinn
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1988
* "Jakob Hurt 1839-1907". Koostanud Mart Laar, Rein Saukas, Ülo Tedre. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn, 1989
* Mart Laar, "Raamat Jakob Hurdast". Ilmamaa, Tartu
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1995
References
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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
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