Thukydides. Peloponneesolais‑sota. Suomentanut Emil Hårdh

Emil Hårdh (1841-1919), secondary school teacher and translator. Emil was the son of Gustaf Adolf Hårdh, a crown bailiff and assessor. He served at the Helsinki Swedish Lyceum as a lecturer in German and Swedish from 1886 to 1900, and in French and German from 1900 to 1905. As a translator, Hårdh produced Finnish renditions of classical and European works. Besides Thucydides, he also translated Plato's Apology (1882) and produced translations of German and French literature, including works by Friedrich von Schiller.