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Castrén, Matthias Alexander
Castrén, Matthias Alexander
Castrén, Matthias Alexander, 1813-52, Finnish philologist, one of the first scholars to study the Finno-Ugric languages. Castrén was long a professor at the Univ. of Helsingfors (now Helsinki).
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Castrén is a Finnish family. Notable members include
- Matthias Alexander Castrén (1813 - 1853), a Finnish ethnologist and philologist.
- Kaarlo Castrén (1860 - 1938), Prime Minister of Finland.
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