Finnish Scientists - Mikael Agricola, Arvo Ylppo, Anders Chydenius, Eric Tigerstedt, Adolf Erik Nordenskiold, Elias Lonnrot, Pehr Kalm (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Mikael Agricola, Arvo Ylppo, Anders Chydenius, Eric Tigerstedt, Adolf Erik Nordenskiold, Elias Lonnrot, Pehr Kalm, Jarl-Thure Eriksson, Edwin Linkomies, Alvar Palmgren, Herman Sporing, Jr., Juha Suoranta, Leena Peltonen-Palotie, Kari S. Tikka, Kaarlo Linkola, Julius Krohn, Olli Lounasmaa, Veli Albert Kallio, Carl O. Nordling, Antti Raisanen, Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg, Timo Honkela, Reino Antero Hirvonen, Lauri Honko, Juha Pentikainen, Teuvo Kohonen, Jukka Jernvall, Pekka Janhunen, Ossian Schauman, Tatu Vanhanen, Fred Karlsson, Ilmari Susiluoto, Jakob Gadolin, Carl Reinhold Sahlberg, Carl Robert Ehrstrom, Petrus Sarkilahti, Vilho Harle, Gustaf Komppa, Heikki A. Alikoski, Jons Budde, Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen, Helena Ranta, Von Wright brothers, Herman Sporing, Sr., Henrik Johan Walbeck, T. J. Kukkamaki. Excerpt: Anders Chydenius (pronounced; 26 February 1729 - 1 February 1803) was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia, Sweden (today in northeastern Finland) and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Abo, Chydenius became a priest, Enlightenment philosopher and member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates. Anders Chydenius was born in 1729 at Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia (now part of Kainuu region) where his father Jacob was a chaplain. The family moved to Kuusamo in 1734 where his father became a rector. Anders' childhood was spent in the barren area of northern Finland. He and his brother Samuel were taught privately by their father and then they went to Uleaborg (Finnish: Oulu) grammar school (Uleaborg trivialskola). After the Russo-Swedish War (1741-1743), the boys studied privately in Tornea (Finnish: Tornio) and entered The Royal Academy of Abo in 1745. They also studied at Uppsala University. Anders studied mathematics, natural sciences, Latin and philosophy. I...