Samuli Paulaharju

Professor Samuli Paulaharju
Born	(1875-04-14)April 14, 1875 Kurikka, Finland
Died	February 6, 1944(1944-02-06) (aged 68) Oulu, Finland
Resting place	Oulu Cemetery
Occupation	Teacher, ethnographer, writer
Language	Finnish

Samuli Paulaharju (14 April 1875 – 6 February 1944) was a Finnish teacher, ethnographer and writer. He was granted with the title of Professor in October 1943.[1]

Paulaharju was born in Kurikka in 1875. He studied in the Jyväskylä Teacher Seminary and graduated in 1901.[1] After graduation, he first worked in Uusikirkko but in 1904 he moved to Oulu to work as a crafts and arts teacher in a school for deaf-mute children.[2] Paulaharju spent summers for field trips collecting folklore, in the winter he wrote his works and taught in the school.[3] He wrote 21 books, hundreds of journal articles, took over eight thousand photographs and made thousands of drawings on his trips.[1]

Since 1908 Paulaharju also worked as a curator for the Northern Ostrobothnia museum in Oulu. Nowadays Paulaharju's study and library can be found in the museum.[3] Samuli Paulaharju is buried in the Oulu Cemetery.

References

1. "Samuli Paulaharjun elämäntyö" (in Finnish). Samuli Paulaharjun Säätiö. 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
2. Maijanen, Heli (2003). "Perhe-elämää". Samuli Paulaharju - kerääjä ja kirjailija (in Finnish). Oulun kaupunginkirjasto-maakuntakirjasto. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
3. Maijanen, Heli (2003). "Opetustyö". Samuli Paulaharju - kerääjä ja kirjailija (in Finnish). Oulun kaupunginkirjasto-maakuntakirjasto. Retrieved 2014-08-29.