Jakob Hurt
Estonian linguist
Born on: July 22, 1839Died on: January 13, 1907
Aged: 67 years 175 days (809 months)
Birth Sign: Leo
Jakob Hurt was an Estonian folklorist, nationalist, and theologian. He was a major figure in the Estonian national awakening and worked as a pastor in Otepää and Saint Petersburg.
While he was president of the Society of Estonian Literati, he oversaw a project to collect hundreds of thousands of works of poetry and folklore in the Estonian language.
Hurt was featured on the 10 krooni note from 1991 to 2012.
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