Ivar Heikel

Ivar August Heikel (16 January 1861 – 8 October 1952) was a Finnish philologist and intellectual historian. He was the nephew of priest and educator Henrik Heikel.[1] He was also the cousin of gymnastics teacher Viktor, educator Anna, banker and politician Felix, and ethnographer Axel Heikel[2][3] as well as maternal grandfather to sociologist Erik Allardt.[4]

Ivar August Heikel
Ivar Heikel in the early 1890s.
Credit: Daniel Nyblin.
Born(1861-01-16)16 January 1861
Nykarleby, Finland
Died8 October 1952(1952-10-08) (aged 91)
Helsinki, Finland
Occupation(s)Philologist, intellectual historian

Heikel was born in 1861 in Nykarleby, Finland to pastor August Heikel and Aurora Emilia née von Knorring and had seven siblings. Heikel became associate professor (docent) of Classical Philology at the University of Helsinki in 1885 and was professor of Greek Literature between 1888 and 1926. He was rector of the university from 1907–1911 and 1920–1922.[4]

In his extensive writings he dealt mainly with ancient subjects. He developed a particular interest in early Christian scholar Eusebius of Caesarea.[4] As emeritus, he devoted himself to translation work as well as translating Eusebius' Church History into Swedish and Finnish.[5]

He was a member of the clergy (see: Estates of the Realm) as a representative of the university at the last two Diets of Finland.[3]

Heikel died in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.

Bibliography
  • Filologins studium vid Åbo universitet (1894)
  • Eusebius Werke I (1902)
  • Sosialismi (1907)
  • Eusebius Werke VI (1913)
  • Platon (1919)
  • Från antikens värld (1920)
  • Retorik (1923)
  • J. L. Runeberg (1926)
  • De kristna och den antiska hegendomen (1927)
  • Lyhyt ruotsin kielioppi (1928, 1930)
  • Ruotsinkielen oppijakso I-II (1929)
  • Stilistik (1929)
  • Antik livssyn (1930)
  • Kortfattad latinsk-svensk ordbok (1932)
  • Grekisk-svensk ordbok till Nya Testamentet (1934, 4th edition 2013, with Anton Fridrichsen)
  • Latinalais-suomalainen sanakirja (1935)
  • Helsingfors universitet 1640–1940/Helsingin yliopisto 1640–1940 (1940)
  • Minnen från min levnad I–III (1945–1947)


References
  1. "Ivar Heikel 1861-1952 i Uppslagsverket Finland". www.nykarlebyvyer.nu (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. Linder, Nils; Rosén, John; Westrin, Theodor; Olsson, Bror Ferdinand; Meijer, Bernhard (eds.). Nordisk familjebok; konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi, innehållande upplysningar och förklaringar om märkvärdiga namn, föremål och begrepp (in Swedish). Expeditionen af Nordisk familjebok. pp. 255–256. OCLC 3577084. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. Linder, Nils; Rosén, John; Westrin, Theodor; Olsson, Bror Ferdinand; Meijer, Bernhard (eds.). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi, innehållande upplysningar och förklaringar om märkvärdiga namn, föremål och begrepp (in Swedish). Expeditionen af Nordisk familjebok. p. 257. OCLC 3577084. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. Väisänen, Maija (2014). "HEIKEL, Ivar August". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish). Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. L. Arvi P. Poijärvi, Ilmari Havu, Mauno Jääskeläinen (eds.): Kuka kukin on (Aikalaiskirja). Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista 1950, p. 164. Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, 1949. (in Finnish)

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