Anton thor Helle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anton thor Helle

Estonian writer

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1683

Place of Birth: Tallinn, Estonia

Date of Death: 13-Apr-1748

Profession: writer, translator, author, Bible translator

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Anton thor Helle (7 November [O.S.
28 October] 1683 in Tallinn – 24 April [O.S.
13 April] 1748 in Jüri; also Anton Thorhelle, Anton torHelle, Anton thorHelle or Anthonij Torhelle) was the translator of the first Bible in Estonian in 1739, and the first Estonian grammar.
The New Testament was a North Estonian revision of the 1648 version by Johannes Gutslaff (d.1657) author of Observationes Grammaticae circa linguam Esthonicam, and Helle's version was revised many times, including by C.
Malm in 1896.