Friedrich Robert Faehlmann

Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (Fählmann) (31 December 1798 in Ao Manor, Kreis Jerwen – 22 April 1850 in Tartu) was an Estonian writer, medical doctor and philologist active in Livonia, Russian Empire.

He was a co-founder of the Learned Estonian Society at the University of Dorpat and its chairman (1843-1850).

He was born to the family of the manager of Ao Manor (now in Väike-Maarja Parish) in Kreis Jerwen.

In 1840 his story "Koit ja Hämarik" (Dawn and Dusk) was first published.

[1] In 1998 the Estonian Post issued a postmark in the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of his birth.