JENS ANDREAS FRIIS
\d͡ʒˈɛnz ɑːndɹˈe͡ɪəs fɹˈɪa͡ɪz], \dʒˈɛnz ɑːndɹˈeɪəs fɹˈɪaɪz], \dʒ_ˈɛ_n_z ɑː_n_d_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ə_s f_ɹ_ˈɪ__aɪ_z]\
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A Norwegian philologist, ethnologist, and sketch-writer; born in Sogndal, May 2, 1821. He has exhaustively investigated the language and literature of the Finns and Laps; a "Lap Grammar" (1856), "Lap Mythology" (1871), and like works, giving him pre-eminence in this field. "Holidays among Crags and Mountains" (1876) - hunting and fishing sketches, with the mountains of his country as a background-give another side of his literary power. Died Feb. 16, 1896.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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