Carl Robert Ehrström
Carl Robert Ehrström (1803–1881) was a Finnish medical doctor, bacteriologist and archeologist.
Ehrström got interested of science and culture at a young age. He got medical training and worked as a practising doctor and scientist. During 1850s he formed an early hypothesis of how microbes might have related to diseases. Unfortunately the papers describing his studies were ignored or misplaced in academic bureaucracy. Besides the medical sciences, C.R. Ehrström was also very interested in local history. He researched Finnish folk culture and arranged archeological expeditions in northern Finland.
In 1854 he moved to coastal town of Raahe to work as a county doctor. At that time, seatrading was becoming town's most important form of livelihood. Sailors brought interesting souvenirs from abroad and Ehrström started thinking of establishing museum based on those curiosities.
In march of 1862 Ehrström started campaign to collect donations from the wealthy citizens of Raahe. In few months he had collected a considerable sum of money and gained wide publicity for his museum project. His achievement, the first local Finnish museum of history, culture and natural sciences, Raahe Museum, started its activities in october, 1862.
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