Matthias Johann Eisen (28 September 1857 – 6 August 1934) was an Estonian

folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...

and in 1920–1927 served as the Professor of Folk Poetry at

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

. Eisen is most known for his very thorough collection and a systematic typology of Estonian folk tales, totalling over 90,000 pages. He 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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References

External links

Matthias Johann Eisen at Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary
1857 births 1934 deaths Estonian folklorists University of Tartu alumni {{Estonia-academic-bio-stub