Ea Jansen (14 November 1921 – 20 April 2005) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

n historian of

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history. Until her death, she worked for the

Tallinn Pedagogical University Tallinn University (TLU; et, Tallinna Ülikool, ''TLÜ'') is a public research university in Estonia. Located in the centre of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, Tallinn University is one of the three largest institutions of higher education ...

Selected works

* 1998, "From an Ethnic Community to National Statehood: The Case of Estonians" (article)

References

1921 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Estonian historians Estonian Finno-Ugrists Historians of Estonia Estonian women historians Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Soviet historians Academic staff of Tallinn University Estonian non-fiction writers 20th-century Estonian women writers People from Tallinn Writers from Tallinn {{Estonia-historian-stub