Juho Aukusti Hollo

Who was Juho Aukusti Hollo?

Juho Aukusti Hollo was professor at the University of Helsinki from 1930 to 1954.

He was one of the most prolific translators into Finnish, translating a range of genres and from several languages. He himself said in 1953 that he had translated 170 books; some sources list over 300. He was also an essayist.

He worked as a teacher from 1908 to 1919. In 1920 he became docent at the University of Helsinki, but then spent five years in Leipzig and Vienna. He returned to Helsinki in 1930, and from 1950 to 1954 was the chancellor of Yhteiskunnallinen koskeakoulu.

His son was the poet and translator Anselm Hollo.