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Paavo Ravila
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'''Paavo Ilmari Ravila''' (5 July 1902 – 16 April 1974) was a Finnish linguist and rector of the University of Helsinki.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Ravila earned his PhD in 1932 and was professor of [[Finnish]] and related languages at the [[University of Turku]] from 1934 to 1949. He spent the rest of his career at the [[University of Helsinki]], first as professor of Finno-Ugric lingustics from 1949 to 1956, then as rector from 1953 to 1956 and finally as chancellor from 1963 to 1968. He was a member of the [[Academy of Finland]] from 1956 to 1963, when he was appointed its president.<ref name=":0" />
Ravila's interests included the languages of the [[Mordvins]] and the [[Sami people]]; his doctoral dissertation, ''Das Quantitätssystem des seelappischen Dialektes von Mattivuono'' (1932), was based on material he collected on expeditions in the 1930's. He was also interested in general linguistics and published a well-received introduction to [[Historical linguistics|language history]], ''Johdatus kielihistoriaan'' (1946).<ref name=":0" />
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[[Category:1902 births]]
Ravila earned his PhD in 1932 and was professor of [[Finnish]] and related languages at the [[University of Turku]] from 1934 to 1949. He spent the rest of his career at the [[University of Helsinki]], first as professor of Finno-Ugric lingustics from 1949 to 1956, then as rector from 1953 to 1956 and finally as chancellor from 1963 to 1968. He was a member of the [[Academy of Finland]] from 1956 to 1963, when he was appointed its president.<ref name=":0" />
Ravila's interests included the languages of the [[Mordvins]] and the [[Sami people]]; his doctoral dissertation, ''Das Quantitätssystem des seelappischen Dialektes von Mattivuono'' (1932), was based on material he collected on expeditions in the 1930's. He was also interested in general linguistics and published a well-received introduction to [[Historical linguistics|language history]], ''Johdatus kielihistoriaan'' (1946).<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
[[Category:1902 births]]
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