Jaakko Forsman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jaakko Forsman

Finnish legal scholar

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1839

Place of Birth: Finland Proper, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 26-Sep-1899

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Jaakko Forsman (1839, Vähäkyrö — 1899) was a Finnish jurist and politician, as well as a leading activist of the Fennoman movement. In 1857, he attained his doctorate in law at the University of Helsinki with the first Finnish language dissertation ever submitted to the Faculty of Law there.
In 1879, he was appointed professor of law and legal history. His contributions to the 1889 Finnish Criminal Code and his lectures in criminal law, which came to be regarded as the code's authentic interpretation, earned him the title of "Father of Finnish Criminal Law".
Forsman also wrote a seminal text on Finnish legal history, Suomen lainsäädännön historia (1896), and served in the Diet of Finland from 1882 until his death.