Nikolai Anderson
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Nikolai Anderson around 1880
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| Born | Nikolai Karl Adolf Anderson 24 September 1845 Kulina, Governorate of Estonia (Russian Empire) |
| Died | 9 March 1905 (aged 59) Narva, Saint Petersburg Governorate (Russian Empire) |
| Resting place | Yamburg, Saint Petersburg Governorate |
| Nationality | Russian (Baltic German) |
| Fields | Finno-Ugric languages |
| Institutions | University of Kazan |
| Alma mater | University of Tartu |
| Thesis | Studien zur Vergleichung der ugrofinnischen und indogermanischen Sprachen (1879) |
| Academic advisors | Leo Meyer |
| Notable awards | Order of St. Anna, 3rd and 2nd class,Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class,Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class |
| Spouse | Adele Vogt |
Nikolai Karl Adolf Anderson (24 September 1845 in Kulina, Estonia – 9 March 1905 in Narva, Estonia) was a Baltic German philologist who specialized in comparative linguistics of Finno-Ugric languages.
Anderson was born in the village Kulina, Estonia close to the town Wesenberg. After receiving private tuition in Saint Petersburg he attended the Gouvernements-Gymnasium (Grammar School of the Governorate) in Reval and in 1865 he enrolled in the University of Dorpat to study philology, where he was a student of Leo Meyer who in the same year had been appointed as the university's professor of Germanistics and Comparative philology. While at university he became interested in Finno-Ugric languages and quickly became an expert in the field.
In 1871 Anderson worked as an hourly paid teacher at the Gymnasium in Dorpat before taking up a post as teacher for classical languages at the Gymnasium in Minsk (now in Belarus) in 1872, but he continued his studies of Finno-Ugric languages in his spare time. In 1874, he got married and soon started a family. Nikolai Anderson's three sons were Wilhelm Anderson (born 1880),Walter Anderson (born 1885) and Oskar Anderson (born 1887), who all went on to choose academic careers.
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