Agathon Meurman (9 October 1826, Kangasala – 17 January 1909, Helsinki) was a Finnish politician and journalist. He was one of the key persons of the Fennoman movement and since 1863 the leader of the Finnish Party together with Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen.

In 1883–1890 Meurman published the first Finnish language encyclopaedia Sanakirja yleiseen sivistykseen kuuluvia tietoja varten. It was mostly based on the German Meyers Encyclopedia.

Agathon Meurman

Selected works

Finnish–French Dictionary (1877) Sanakirja yleiseen sivistykseen kuuluvia tietoja varten (1883–1890) Finnish-Russian Dictionary (1885) Memoirs (1909)

Agathon Meurman

References

1826 births

1909 deaths

People from Kangasala

Swedish-speaking Finns

Finnish people of Swedish descent

Finnish Party politicians

Members of the Diet of Finland

Encyclopedists

Finnish journalists

Finnish lexicographers

Finnish writers

University of Helsinki alumni

19th-century Finnish people

19th-century lexicographers

Agathon Meurman