Topelius
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Although scholars saw that these collected poems were evidently fragments of a Finnish epic, it remained for two physicians, Zacharias Topelius and Elias Lönnrot, to collect the entire poem.
From National Epics by Kate Milner Rabb
If I’m like this, just fancy what Topelius is.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Five of these stories were written by the noted Finnish author, Zachris Topelius, who wrote them, and much else, for the children of Finland and Sweden more than fifty years ago.
From Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages by Emilie Poulsson
He was also a very well-read man—I owe to him, for instance, my acquaintance with the writings of the Finnish novelist Topelius.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt
Topelius and Lönnrot were conscientious collectors and compilers, but they were no Homers, who could fuse these disconnected runes into one great poem.
From National Epics by Kate Milner Rabb
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