Juhani Päiviö Tommila (4 August 1931 – 18 November 2022) was a Finnish historian and professor at
Helsinki University.
Career
Tommila was born in
Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capital of ...
on 4 August 1931. He became a PhD in 1962 with his dissertation ''La Finlande dans la politique européenne en 1809–1815''. He was assistant at the university of Helsinki 1959-65 and associate professor 1962–67. Tommila was professor in Finland's history at the
University of Turku
sv, Åbo universitet
, latin_name = Universitas Aboensis
, image_name = University of Turku.svg
, motto = ''Vapaan kansan lahja vapaalle tieteelle''
, established = 1920
, type ...
1965-76 and professor in Finland's history at Helsinki University 1976–94.
He served as rector of the University of Helsinki from 1988 to 1992.
Tommila focused on Finnish history, foremost its political history in the 19th century, urban and journalistic history, and also historiography.
He was an
academician
An academician is a full member of an artistic, literary, engineering, or scientific academy. In many countries, it is an honorific title used to denote a full member of an academy that has a strong influence on national scientific life. In syst ...
, and a member of the
Academy of Finland from 2004.
Tommila's father was
Eero Tommila, professor for chemistry at Helsinki University. Päiviö Tommila died on 18 November 2022, at the age of 91, in
Kauniainen
Kauniainen (; sv, Grankulla) is a small town and a municipality of inhabitants () in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland. It is surrounded and enclaved by the City of Espoo, in the Capital Region of Greater Helsinki. Kauniainen was founde ...
.
[Death notice in ''Helsingin Sanomat'' on 4 December 2022, p. B 33.]
Publications
Author
* ''Nurmijärven pitäjän historia I–II'' (1958–59)
* ''La Finlande dans la politique européenne en 1809–1815'' (1962)
* ''Suomen lehdistön levikki ennen vuotta 1860'' (1963)
* ''Jyväskylän kaupungin historia I–II'' (1970–72)
* ''Keski-Suomen lehdistö I–IV'' (with T. Raitio, 1970–79)
* ''Suomen autonomian synty 1809–1819'' (1984)
* ''Suomen historiankirjoitus'' (1989)
* ''Research in Finland: A History'' (2006)
* ''Eero Tommila, kemisti'' (2009)
* ''Kummalasta Telkkään: Sata vuotta Kustavin kesähistoriaa'' (2010)
* ''Talonpoikia ja opinkäyntiä: Merikarvian Köörtilän Tommilan talon ja suvun tarina'' (2011)
Editor
* ''Suomen kulttuurihistoria, I–III'' (1979–82)
* ''Suomen kaupunkilaitoksen historia, I–III'' (1981–84)
* ''Suomen lehdistön historia, I–X'' (1985–92)
* ''Suomen hallitsijat'' (2000)
* ''Suomen tieteen historia, I–IV'' (2000–03)
References
External links
Päiviö Tommilaat ''375 Humanists''. The University of Helsinki, 9 October 2015. (In English.)
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1931 births
2022 deaths
People from Jyväskylä
Members of the Estonian Academy of Sciences
Recipients of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class
Academic staff of the University of Turku
Academic staff of the University of Helsinki
Rectors of the University of Helsinki
20th-century Finnish historians
21st-century Finnish historians
Members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters