Herman Daniel Paul

Herman Daniel Paul (17 July 1827[1] in Schwedt an der Oder,[2] Brandenburg, Germany - 4 December 1885 Helsinki) was a German-born musician and lecturer in German at the University of Helsinki, who translated the Kalevala into German, among other works.

Daniel Nyblin, 1878. History Photo Collection, National Board of Antiquities.

Life

Paul's father was a government councilor, Johann Paul, and his mother was Dorothea Paul.[3] He attended high school in Berlin, studied music, and then held various positions in music, circling the violin countries of the Baltic Sea region from 1858 to 1862. Paul moved to Helsinki in 1859, founded a music store there in 1862 and worked as a concert reviewer. He was an adjunct professor of German at the University of Helsinki from 1869 to 1885 and taught German and Russian at various educational institutions in Helsinki. Paul also served as a regular critic of the Hufvudstadsbladet from 1865 to 1878. In 1884 he received the title of Fellow Counselor.

Paul's translation of the Kalevala from Swedish into German appeared between 1885 and 1886 under the title Kalevala, das Volksepos der Finnen, a preference for Schiefner's earlier translation. The poem's length in the translation differs slightly from the Finnish poems. He also translated Johan Ludvig Runeberg's play The Kings of Salami and Zacharias Topelius' Travel in Finland. The Finnish poetry he translated included Finnische Dichtungen (1866) and Aus dem Norden (1887). He also prepared German grammar and reading exercises for schools, of which Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen produced Finnish versions.

In the winter of 1859, Paul's trip to Lapland and his diary during his trip were published in the 1860 Papperslyktan weekly under the name Slädparti till Lappland, blad ur min dagbok. He also made pencil drawings of his journey.

Paul was married to Evelina Lovisa Albertina Bonsdorff (d. 1909) since 1861, and had four children.

Works
  • Kalevala (translator)
  • From the North (translator, ethnographer)[4]

References
  1. Oma maa: Heinäkuu-Elokuu. Söderström. 1909. p. 244.
  2. Ernst Gustaf Palmén (1923). Oma maa: tietokirja Suomen kodeille. 2. W. Söderström. p. 289. taiteilija ja kirjailija Herman Daniel Paul syntyi Brandenburgin Schwedtissä. (English: "artist and author Herman Daniel Paul was born in Schwedt, Brandenburg.")
  3. Tor Carpelan (1925). Helsingfors Universitet: lärare och tjänstemän från år 1828. 5–7. Söderström. p. 730. HERMAN DANIEL PAUL. E. o. lektor i tyska språket. Född i Schwedt an der Oder i Brandenburg 17 juli 1827, son till regeringsrådet Johann Paul och Dorothea Paul. (English: HERMAN DANIEL PAUL. E. o lecturer in the German language. Born in Schwedt an der Oder in Brandenburg, July 17, 1827, son of the Government Council of Johann Paul and Dorothea Paul.)
  4. Peter Kropotkin. "Finland: A Rising Nationality". The Nineteenth Century.
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