Walter Anderson (folklorist)

Walter Anderson
Walter Anderson around 1930
Born	10 October [O.S. 28 September] 1885 Minsk, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	23 August 1962(1962-08-23) (aged 76) Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany
Nationality	Russian, Estonian, German
Alma mater	University of Saint Petersburg University of Kazan Friedrich-Wilhelm University of Berlin
Known for	the law of self-correction
Awards	Order of the White Star, 3rd class[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Folkloristics Literary history Numismatics
Institutions	University of Kazan University of Tartu University of Königsberg University of Kiel
Thesis	Император и аббат: исторія одного народнаго анекдота
Notable students	Oskar Loorits Isidor Levin W. F. H. Nicolaisen

Walter Arthur Alexander Anderson (‹See Tfd›Russian: Вальтер Николаевич Андерсон, romanized: Val'ter Nikolaevič Anderson; October 10 [O.S. September 28] 1885 – 23 August 1962) was a Baltic German ethnologist (folklorist) and numismatist.