Villem Orav (11 March 1883,
Laiksaare municipality - 10 December 1952,
Tallinn
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) was an Estonian historian, teacher, and scholar of pedagogy.
In 1905 he graduated from
Riga
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Theological Seminary
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, and in 1911–13 studied at the
University of Warsaw
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, He was a history teacher from 1917 to 1949 at
. In 1952 he became a researcher of the .
He published several pedagogical books, as well as magazine reviews, and methodological articles, including "Eesti NSV ajaloo lugemiku I" (1960), "Psühholoogia õpperaamat pedagoogilistele koolidele" (1948), and "Ajaloo õpetamise metoodika seitsmeklassilises koolis" (1949).
In 1949 he was awarded the title
Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR[Eesti teaduse biograafiline leksikon, 3. köide]
Awards
*1946:
Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR
References
1883 births
1952 deaths
People from Saarde Parish
People from Kreis Pernau
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Estonia
20th-century Estonian historians
Estonian schoolteachers
20th-century Estonian educators
University of Warsaw alumni
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