Karl August Hermann
Karl August Hermann (23 September 1851 – 11 Januar 1909) was an Estonian writer, publicist, linguist and composer.[1]
Biography
Hermann was born in
From 1882 to 1885 he was an editor for
He belonged to the Society of Estonian Literati[1] and was an honorary alumnus of the Estonian Students' Society.[2]
He died in 1909 in
Works
In 1884, he published Eesti keele grammatika (Estonian Grammar). In 1900 he started to publish Eesti Üleüldise teaduse raamat ehk encyklopädia konversationi-lexikon, but only the first volume was published in full.[1]
He composed around 300 choral songs, including "Kungla rahvas" ('Kungla people') and "Oh laula ja hõiska" ('O sing and shout').[1]
In 1895 Karl August Hermann published a book in which he argued that Sino-Uralic and Altaic form one large linguistic family.[3]
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