Happy Mikael Agricola's Day!

[Dave Sayers]

Gazing out of my window at Turku Cathedral has taken on a new meaning. I just learnt that today
Finland commemorates the founder of the written Finnish language (and Bishop of Turku), Mikael Agricola.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Agricola
http://www.finnguide.fi/calendar/calendarevents.asp?month=4&p=25

He also has his own commemorative €10 coin! http://goo.gl/3owiL

I'm only in Finland for a year, so I often feel like a bit of a tourist stumbling over this sort of
information. Do any other linguistic scholars around the world have their own day and/or coin??

Dave

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Dr. Dave Sayers
Honorary Research Fellow, Arts & Humanities, Swansea University
Visiting Lecturer (2012-2013), Dept English, Åbo Akademi University
MA Dissertation Advisor, Laureate Online Education & University of Liverpool
dave.sayers at cantab.net
http://swansea.academia.edu/DaveSayers