Eduard Magnus Jakobson ( in

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– in

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) was an

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and a

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missionary. He illustrated many books and designed the masthead logo for '' Sakala'', a newspaper founded by his older brother,

Carl Robert Jakobson Carl Robert Jakobson ( – ) was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in the Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of the Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th centur ...

. Originally a

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, Eduard Magnus became a member of the Baptist church in 1869.

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10 of his engravings
1847 births 1903 deaths People from Jõgeva Parish People from Kreis Dorpat Baptist missionaries Estonian Baptists Estonian missionaries 19th-century Estonian male artists 19th-century illustrators 19th-century Estonian engravers Wood engravers Converts to Baptist Christianity Former Lutherans 19th-century Baptists 19th-century Estonian artists Estonian illustrators {{illustrator-stub