Priidu Puusepp (until 1936 Friedrich Puusepp; February 11, 1887 – November 1, 1972) was an
Estonian
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* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
* Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
* Estonian language
* Estonian cuisine
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educator and linguist.
Early life and education
Priidu Puusepp was born in
Võru
Võru (; ; ) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish.
History
Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, at the request of the Empress Catherine II of Russia, by the o ...
,
the son of Gustav Puusepp (1858–1905), a tailor,
and Emma Amalie Puusepp (née Hermann, 1864–1925). In 1905, he graduated from a teacher training program in
Valga.
Career
From 1905 to 1914, Puusepp was a teacher in the rural schools of
Võru County
Võru County ( or ''Võrumaa''; ) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga and Põlva counties, Latvia's Alūksne and Ape municipalities, and Russia's Pskov Oblast (making it the only Estonian county to border two countries) ...
and
Pärnu County
Pärnu County ( or ''Pärnumaa''; ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in the south-western part of the country, on the coast of Gulf of Riga, and borders Lääne and Rapla counties to the north, Järva and Viljandi counties to ...
.
His teaching career was interrupted by service in the
Imperial Russian Army
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from 1914 to 1917.
From 1917 to 1920 he taught at Võru High School,
[''Keel ja kirjandus'' 9 (1966), p. 440.] from 1922 to 1932 at , and from 1932 to 1944 at Elementary School No. 16 in Tartu. In 1940, Puusepp was certified as a secondary and vocational school teacher of Estonian language and literature by the
University of Tartu
The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country. . From 1946 to 1953 he taught in the Russian language department of the University of Tartu.
[''Emakeele Seltsi aastaraamat'' 8 (1962), p. 252.]
Puusepp wrote 32 language textbooks for schools
with a combined print run of one million.
Several of them were used as basic textbooks for decades.
Puusepp studied
Russian
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grammar and synonymy, publishing ''Vene keele rektsioone'' (Russian Case Government), ''Vene keele sünonüüme'' (Russian Synonyms), and other works. He prepared an extensive manuscript for his ''Vene-eesti fraseoloogilise sõnaraamatu'' (Russian–Estonian Phraseological Dictionary),
which, however, has not been published. As a theater enthusiast, he published articles on stage art.
Bibliography
*1921: ''Käsiraamat Eesti keele õigekirjutuse õppimiseks'' (Võru: S. Songi)
*1923: ''Keelelised harjutused'' (Tartu: Odamees-Carl Sarap)
*1929: ''Eesti keele grammatika koolidele'' (Tartu. Loodus)
*1931: ''Soome keele õpetus algajaile'' (Tartu: Loodus)
*1932: ''Kirjakeele algmeid'' (Tartu: Kool)
*1932–1936: ''Elav sõna. I–IV'' (Tartu: Kool)
*1936: ''Etteütlusi I–II. Algkooli noorematele ja vanematele klassidele ning keskkoolile'' (Tartu: Kool)
*1940: ''Vene keele õpik'' (with Artur Klaving) (Tallinn: Pedagoogiline Kirjandus)
Awards
*1946:
Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR
Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR () was an honorary title in the Estonian SSR, which the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Estonian SSR awarded to teachers from 1945 to 1989.
Recipients
*1945: Johannes Käis, Juhan Lang, Enn Murdmaa, ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valsiner, Aleksander
1887 births
1972 deaths
20th-century Estonian educators
Linguists from Estonia
People from Võru Parish