Krišjānis Valdemārs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Krišjānis Valdemārs

Latvian writer

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1825

Place of Birth: Valdgale Parish, Talsi Municipality, Latvia

Date of Death: 07-Dec-1891

Profession: writer, politician, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Krišjanis Valdemars (in Germanized spelling as Christian Waldemar or Woldemar) (December 2, 1825 at Vecjunkuri in Arlava parish (now Valdgale parish, Courland, Latvia) – December 7, 1891 in Moscow, Russia) was a writer, editor, educator, politician, lexicographer, folklorist and economist, the spiritual leader of The First Latvian National Awakening and the most prominent member of the Young Latvians movement.