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Karl (Kai) Reinhold Donner (1 April 1888 in Helsinki – 12 February 1935) was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Ob-Ugric and Samodeic peoples in Siberia 1911–1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924.
Karl Reinhold Donner oli suomalainen suomalais-ugrilaisiin kieliin erikoistunut kielitieteilijä ja antropologi sekä itsenäisyys- ja oikeistoaktivisti. Donner oli Lapuan liikkeen tärkeä taustavaikuttaja ja Vihtori Kosolan tukija.
Karl (Kai) Reinhold Donner (Helsinki, 1 de abril de 1888 – 12 de febrero de 1935) fue un lingüista, etnógrafo y político finlandés. Realizó expediciones a los pueblos Ob-Ugric y Samodeico en Siberia entre 1911 y 1914 y fue docente de lenguas urálicas en la Universidad de Helsinki desde 1924.
Karl (Kai) Reinhold Donner (1 April 1888 in Helsinki – 12 February 1935) was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Ugric and Samodeic peoples in Siberia 1911 – 1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924.
Finnish scholar Karl Reinhold (Kai) Donner (1888 – 1935) united British anthropology and Northern ethnography. Born into a Swedish-speaking family, Donner was educated in the religious liberalism and bilingualism that prevailed in Finnish universities at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Kai Donner (1888‒1935) was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer, explorer, author and national activist, who completed two journeys to Siberia in 1911‒1913 and 1914.
Scholar and activist: Kai Donner's life and work. In J. Janhunen, J. Donner, & P. Sandberg (Eds.), Kai Donner: Linguist, Ethnographer, Photographer (pp. 10-33).
