Agathon Meurman

Agathon Meurman (9 October 1826, Kangasala – 17 January 1909, Helsinki) was a Finnish politician and journalist. He was one of the key persons of the Fennoman movement and since 1863 the leader of the Finnish Party together with Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen.

In 1883–1890 Meurman published the first Finnish language encyclopaedia Sanakirja yleiseen sivistykseen kuuluvia tietoja varten. It was mostly based on the German Meyers Encyclopedia.

Selected works

 * Finnish–French Dictionary (1877)
 * Sanakirja yleiseen sivistykseen kuuluvia tietoja varten (1883–1890)
 * Finnish-Russian Dictionary (1885)
 * Memoirs (1909)