August Valdemar Koskimies ( Forsman until 1906; 7 January 1856, in Pihlajavesi – 5 June 1929, in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

), better known as A. V. Koskimies, was a Finnish educationalist, researcher of language and literature, as well as writer and poet. Koskimies received a

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from the

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in 1891. He worked as a secondary school teacher from 1888 till 1926, teaching

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and

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, and later for over 30 years lecturing in Finnish and Swedish languages and literature at the Normal Lyceum of Helsinki. He was noted for his

pedagogic Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken a ...

skills, and later became influential in teacher training. Alongside his teaching duties, Koskimies carried out extensive research into, and published several notable works on,

philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

, languages and literature of Finland (including Finnish,

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and

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). In 1926, he published a

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titled ''Vuosien varrella''. Many of his poems provide the lyrics to songs by

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, among other composers. He has also written the lyrics to ', the provincial anthem of Lapland and

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, composed by

Oskar Merikanto Oskar Merikanto (; born Frans Oskar Ala-Kanto; 5 August 186817 February 1924) was a Finnish composer, music critic, pianist, and organist. As a composer, Merikanto was primarily a miniaturist, and includes songs and piano pieces (he wrote over ...

. Koskimies was awarded the honorary title of '' Professori'' in 1926.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koskimies, A. V. Finnish philologists Finnish educationalists 1856 births 1929 deaths People from the Grand Duchy of Finland