Aaro Hellaakoski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aaro Hellaakoski

Finnish writer, poet, geographer and teacher

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1893

Place of Birth: Oulu, Northern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 23-Nov-1952

Profession: writer, teacher, poet, geographer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Aaro Hellaakoski (June 22, 1893 – November 23, 1952) was a Finnish poet whose work includes some of the earliest examples of modernism in Finnish literature. Hellaakoski was born in Oulu.
By profession he was a geographer conducting studies in physical geography and geomorphology and working as a school teacher of geography as well as a university teacher.
As a geographer he published scientific studies on topics such as the geological history of lake Saimaa and the geological history of lake Puula and spent his summers in geomorphological fieldwork in the Finnish Lakeland for many years.
He also wrote some geography textbooks for schools together with other scholars.