Päiviö Tommila
Juhani Päiviö Tommila (4 August 1931 in Jyväskylä), is a Finnish historian and professor at Helsinki University.[1][2]
Päiviö Tommila became PhD in 1962 with his dissertation La Finlande dans la politique européenne en 1809–1815. He was assistant at the university of Helsinki 1959-65 and associate professor 1962-67. Tommila was professor in Finlands history at the University of Turku 1965-76 and professor in Finlands history at Helsinki University 1976-94.[1][2]
Tommila has focused on Finnish history, foremost its political history in the 19th century, urban and journalistic history, and also historiography.[1]
He is an Academician, a member of the Academy of Finland since 2004.[3]
His father is Eero Tommila, professor for chemistry at Helsinki University.
Publications
- Nurmijärven pitäjän historia I-II (1958–59)
- La Finlande dans la politique européenne en 1809–1815 (1962)
- Suomen lehdistön levikki ennen vuotta 1860 (1963)
- Jyväskylän kaupungin historia I-II (1970–72)
- Keski-Suomen lehdistö I-IV (with T. Raitio, 1970–79)
- Suomen autonomian synty 1809–1819 (1984)
- Suomen historiankirjoitus (1989)
- Research in Finland: a history (2006)
- Eero Tommila, kemisti (2009)
- Kummalasta Telkkään - sata vuotta Kustavin kesähistoriaa (2010)
- Talonpoikia ja opinkäyntiä: Merikarvian Köörtilän Tommilan talon ja suvun tarina (2011)
Editor
- Suomen kulttuurihistoria, parts 1–3 (1979–82),
- Suomen kaupunkilaitoksen historia, osat 1–3 (1981–84),
- Suomen lehdistön historia, parts 1–10 (1985–92),
- Suomen hallitsijat (2000)
- Suomen tieteen historia, parts 1–4 (2000–03)
References
- 1 2 3 "2004 Academicians" (PDF). Academy of Finland. 2004. p. 17. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- 1 2 "Tommila, Päiviö" (in Swedish). Uppslagsverket Finland. 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/Academy-of-Finland/Who-we-are/Academicians/Academician/ (Photo)