Carl Robert Jakobson

{{Infobox person | name = Carl Robert Jakobson | image = Carl Robert Jakobson.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1841|7|26}} | birth_place = [[Tartu|Dorpat]], [[Governorate of Livonia]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1882|3|19|1841|7|26}} | death_place = [[Kurgja]], Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire | resting_place = Kurgja cemetery | alma mater = | occupation = {{Hlist |Writer|politician|journalist|teacher}} | movement = [[Estonian national awakening]] | family = [[Eduard Magnus Jakobson]] (brother) }}

'''Carl Robert Jakobson''' ({{osd|26 July|1841|14 July}} – {{osd|19 March|1882|7 March}}) was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in the [[Governorate of Livonia]], [[Russian Empire]]. He was one of the most important persons of the [[Estonian national awakening]] in the second half of the 19th century.

==Political activity== Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate nobility-dominated government. Jakobson became the leader of the radical wing, advocating widespread reforms in Livonia. He was responsible for the economic-political program of the Estonian national movement. Jakobson urged [[Estonians]] to demand equal political rights with the region's [[Baltic Germans|Germans]] and an end to privileged position of the [[Baltic German nobility]]. [[File:Sakala päismik 1878.png|thumb|Header of the first issues of ''Sakala'' newspaper (1878).]] In 1878, Jakobson established the first Estonian-language political newspaper ''[[Sakala (newspaper)|Sakala]]''. The paper quickly became a vital promoter of the cultural awakening. He also had a central role in the establishment of the [[Society of Estonian Literati]], which was an influential Estonian association in the second half of the 19th century.

Jakobson died on 19 March 1882, at the age of 40 in the village of [[Kurgja]], where he lived in the Kurgja Manor.<ref>[https://www.viroweb.fi/m/lista.asp?ID2=5499 Carl Robert Jakobsonin talomuseo] – Viroweb.fi (in Finnish)</ref>

==Legacy== ===Museum=== [[File:Kurgja talumuuseum.jpg|thumb|The Carl Robert Jakobson Museum in Kurgja]] In 1948, the Museum of Carl Robert Jakobson was established by Jakobson's oldest daughter, Linda, in their family estate in [[Kurgja]]. The main house of the museum includes an exhibition which introduces the life and activities Jakobson. The museum is designed to illustrate elements of rural life in Estonia during Jakobson's lifetime and remains an active farm with cattle-breeding and land cultivation.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kurgja.ee/about_the_museum.html | title = Carl Robert Jakobson Talumuuseum | accessdate = 2015-05-19 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150519202440/http://www.kurgja.ee/about_the_museum.html | archivedate = 19 May 2015 }}</ref>

Carl Robert Jakobson was depicted on the [[500 Krooni|500 kroon]] banknote.

==See also== [[Aleksander Eduard Thomson]] (brother-in-law)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060212043234/http://www.bankofestonia.info/pub/en/yldine/pangatahed/pangatahed/_500.html Estonian banknotes - 500 kroons] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311004317/http://www.president.ee/en/president/mrs_speeches.php?gid=37274 Ingrid Rüütel's 6 July 2003 speech]

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