Agathon Meurman

{{Short description|Finnish politician and journalist}}

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Agathon Meurman (9 October 1826, Kangasala – 17 January 1909, Helsinki)[https://ylioppilasmatrikkeli.helsinki.fi/henkilo.php?id=16193 Ylioppilasmartikkeli 1640-1852] – Helsinki University (in Finnish)[https://www.meurmansuku.fi/historia/agathon-meurman/ Agathon Meurman] – Agathon Meurmanin sukuseura (in Finnish) 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.[http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/kb/artikkeli/4569/ Meurman, Agathon (1826 - 1909)] Finnish National Biography. Retrieved 7 May 2016. {{in lang|fi}}

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.