Matthias Johann Eisen (28 September 1857 – 6 August 1934) was an Estonian

folklorist Folklore studies (also known as folkloristics, tradition studies or folk life studies in the UK) is the academic discipline devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currency in the 1950s to distinguish the ac ...

, and from 1920 to 1927 served as a professor of folk poetry at

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

. Eisen is best known for his thorough collection and a systematic typology of Estonian folk tales, totaling over 90,000 pages. He was an honorary alumnus of the

Estonian Students' Society The Estonian Students' Society (; commonly used acronym: EÜS) is the largest and oldest all-male academical student society in Estonia, and is similar to the Baltic Germans, Baltic German student organizations known as German Student Corps, c ...

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External links

Matthias Johann Eisen at Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary
1857 births 1934 deaths Estonian folklorists University of Tartu alumni People from the Russian Empire {{Estonia-academic-bio-stub