Karl August Hermann

Karl August Hermann (23 September 1851 Võhmanõmme, Põltsamaa Parish – 11 January 1909 Tartu) was an Estonian writer, publicist, linguist and composer.
In 1875 he started to study at the Faculty of Theology of University of Tartu. In 1878, he started to study linguistics at Leipzig University. In 1880 he graduated from the university, defended PhD thesis "Der einfache Wortstamm und die drei Lautstufen in der estnischen Sprache".
From 1882 to 1885 he was an editor for "Eesti Postimees". In 1886 he acquired the newspaper "Perno Postimees", renaming the newspaper "Postimees" which began publication in Tartu.
In 1906, he acquired the newspaper "Valgus".
He belonged to several organizations, e.g. Society of Estonian Literati.
He died in 1909 and is buried in Tartu Raadi Cemetery.
Works.
In 1884, he published "Eesti keele grammatika" ('Estonian Grammar'). In 1900 he started to publish "Eesti Üleüldise teaduse raamat ehk encyklopädia konversationi-lexikon", but only the first volume was published in full.
He also composed circa 300 choral songs. Some of the most notable are "Kungla rahvas" ('Kungla people'), "Oh laula ja hõiska" ('O sing and shout').