Agathon Meurman (9 October 1826,

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– 17 January 1909,

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) was a Finnish politician and journalist. He was one of the key persons of the Fennoman movement and since 1863 the leader of the

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together with Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen.Meurman, Agathon (1826 - 1909)
Finnish National Biography. Retrieved 7 May 2016. In 1883–1890 Meurman published the first Finnish language encyclopaedia ''Sanakirja yleiseen sivistykseen kuuluvia tietoja varten''. It was mostly based on the German '' Meyers Encyclopedia''.

Selected works

*''Finnish–French Dictionary'' (1877) *''Sanakirja yleiseen sivistykseen kuuluvia tietoja varten'' (1883–1890) *''Finnish-Russian Dictionary'' (1885) *''Memoirs'' (1909) *''Om finska folkskolans organisation'' (1857) *''Om kronoutskylderna i Finland'' (1878) *''Jordlägenheternas i Finland allmänna besvär'' (1880) *''Isänmaan puolustuksesta'' (1882) *''Finland förr och nu'' (1890) *''Hungeråren på 1860-talet'' (1892) *''Ehtoollispakko ja eriuskolaislaki'' (1893) *''Huru finska språket blef officielt'' (1893) *''Kuinka suomenkieli pääsi viralliseksi'' (1893) *''Juha Pynninen ja kansakirjastot'' (1895) *''Venäläis-suomalainen sanakirja'' (1895) *''Johan Wilhelm Snellman'' (1901) *''J.W. Snellman'' (1901) *''Martti Luther'' (1901) *''Martin Luther''(1902) *''Elämän-kysymyksiä yksinkertaisia varten'' (1903) *''Siivosta esiintymisestä'' (1904) *''Nykyisten kauheuksien juuret Itämeren maakunnissa'' (1906) *''Kreivi N.L. Zinzendorfin elämänvaiheet'' (1908) *''Maa kuuluu kaikille'' (1908) *''Säästäväisyydestä ja säästöpankeista'' (1908) *Muistelmia (1909)

References

1826 births 1909 deaths Journalists from the Russian Empire People from Kangasala Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish people of Swedish descent Finnish Party politicians Members of the Diet of Finland Encyclopedists Finnish journalists Finnish lexicographers Finnish writers University of Helsinki alumni 19th-century Finnish politicians 19th-century lexicographers 19th-century Finnish journalists {{FinnishParty-politician-stub