Subject: g . j . ramstedt , biography

memoires de la societe finno - ougrienne vol . 229 : biliktu bakshi . the knowledgeable teacher . g . j . ramstedt 's career as a scholar , by harry halen . viii + 371 + 16 p . + 1 map . isbn 952-5150 - 16 - x ( pb . ) , 952-5150 - 17 - 8 ( hb . ) . gustaf john ramstedt ( 1873-1959 ) is one of the brightest stars in the history of finnish learning . almost entirely due to his own field research and the reliable material he gathered he became the pioneer of comparative altaic philology , virtually a new discipline . during his ten years in the far east , as charge d ' affaires of the newly independent finland , ramstedt became interested in the origins of korean . this little-studied field occupied him for the rest of his life even at the expense of projects which he had commenced earlier . the present work is intended as a short recapitulation of the main events of g . j . ramstedt 's multi-faceted life . for complete backlists see the society 's homepage at http : / / www . helsinki . fi / jarj / sus / e - mail orders to the bookstore " tiedekirja " , tiedekirja @ pp . kolumbus . fi
