Johan Richard Danielson-Kalmari
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Hauho
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– May 23 1933 in Helsinki
Helsinki
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) was a Finnish
Finland
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Senator
Senate of Finland
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, professor of history, State Councillor (Valtioneuvos
Valtioneuvos
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) and a Fennoman
Fennoman
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. He was a Senator without portfolio
Minister without Portfolio
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in the Hjelt Senate
August Hjelt
August Hjelt was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland. He belonged to the conservative Finnish Party....
from August 1 1908 to November 13 1909.
Danielson was the son of chaplain
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
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Johan Philip Danielson and Amanda Lovisa Palander. He received his Abitur
Abitur
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in 1870, gained his undergraduate degree in 1876, Licenciate in 1878 and his Ph.D in 1881 from the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki. Danielson worked as the editor-in-chief of the periodical Valvoja from 1881 to 1884. He was a teacher of German
German studies
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and History in the university in 1878 and a Docent
Docent
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of General History during 1878-1880, and finally a professor from 1880 to 1913. Danielson was the Deputy Chancellor of the Imperial Alexander University during 1903-1906 and as the Chancellor of the University of Turku
University of Turku
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from 1921 to 1926
During the Diet of 1882
Diet of Finland
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Danielson worked as a secretary of the general education committee. He was chosen to the Diet as a member of the clergy estate
Estates of the realm
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. He later took part in the Diets of 1885, 1888, 1891, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1904 ja 1905. Danielson was also briefly the chairman of the Finnish Party
Finnish Party
The Finnish Party was a Fennoman conservative political party in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and independent Finland. Born out of Finland's language strife in the 1860s, the party sought to improve the position of the Finnish language in Finnish society...
and represented the party in the Parliament
Parliament of Finland
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from 1907 to 1917.
Danielson married Jenny Matilda Heurlin in 1878.