Seikko Eskola

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Seikko Esko Väinämö Eskola, (13 September 1933 in Riihimäki), is a Finnish historian and debater. Eskola was 1974-97 assistant professor in general history at Tampere University. He has had a lot of commission of trust within the scientific world and was an editor in chief for the cultural journal Kanava 1979-93.

Amongst his works are to be found the journalistic historical work Suomen kysymys ja Ruotsin mielipide (1965), which contains a study of Swedish opinions about the status of Finland during 1914-17, and Yhdysvaltain lehdistö ja Suomen kriisi (1974), which is about the American press and the Finnish crisis, and Kreikka, Englanti ja Yhdysvallat 1944-1953 (1971). He became professor in 1993.