# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthias-alexander-castren
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:32:52.934Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/matthias-alexander-castren"
name: "Matthias Alexander Castrén"
slug: "matthias-alexander-castren"
description: "Matthias Alexander Castrén was a Finnish Swedish ethnologist and philologist who was a pioneer in the study of the Uralic languages. He was an educator, author and linguist at the University of Helsinki. Castrén is known for his research in the linguistics and ethnography of the Northern Eurasian peoples."
tagline: "Finnish ethnologist and philologist (1813–1852)"
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birthDate: "1813-12-02"
deathDate: "1852-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump