ZAKRIS [See also:

• ZACHARIAS, ST

ZACHARIAS] See also:

• ZAKRIS [ZACHARIAS] TOPELIUS (1818-1898)

TOPELIUS (1818-1898)  , Finnish author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Kuddnas, near Nykarleby, on the 14th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1818 . He was the son of a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of the same name, who was distinguished as the earliest See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector of Finnish folk-songs . See also:

• TOPELIUS, ZAKRIS [ZACHARIAS] (1818-1898)

Topelius became a student at See also:

• HELSINGFORS (Finnish Helsinki)

Helsingfors in 1833, was made See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor in 1863 and received in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession all the See also:

• ACADEMIC

academic distinctions open to him . Quite See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in his career he began to distinguish himself as a lyric poet, with the three successive volumes of his Heather Blossoms (1845-1854) . The earliest of his See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical romances was The Duchess of See also:

• FINLAND (Finnish, Suomi or Suomenmaa)

Finland, published in 1850 . He was also editor-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Helsingfors See also:

• GAZETTE

Gazette from 1841 to x86o . In 1878 Topelius was allowed to withdraw from his professional duties, but this did not sever his connexion with the university; it gave him, however, more leisure for his abundant and various See also:

• LITERARY

literary enterprises . Of all the multifarious writings of Topelius, in See also:

• PROSE

prose and See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, that which hasenjoyed the greatest popularity is his Tales of a See also:

• BARBER (from Lat. barba, beard)

Barber-Surgeon, episodes of historical fiction from the days of Gustavus II . See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus to those of Gustavus III., treated in the manner of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott; the five volumes of this See also:

• WORK

work appeared at intervals between 1853 and 1867 . Topelius attempted the See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama also, with most success in his tragedy of See also:

• REGINA

Regina von Emmeritz (1854) . Topelius aimed, with eminent but perhaps pathetic success, at the cultivation of a strong See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion of patriotism in Finland . He died on the 13th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1898 at Helsingfors .

Topelius was an exceptionally happy writer for See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, his best-known See also:

• BOOK

book being Losning for See also:

• BARN

barn . His abundant See also:

• POETRY

poetry is graceful and patriotic, but does not offer any features of See also:

• GREAT

great originality . (E .