Friedrich Volrad Mikkelsaar

Friedrich Volrad Mikkelsaar (1886–1930) was an Estonian educator, educational administrator and politician.

Mikkelsaar was the founder of the foundations of school organization in the Republic of Estonia, the leaders of the school renewal movement, he was in favor of democratic school organization, a convergence and work school and a secondary school with vocational education.

Early life and education Mikkelsaar was born on 10 December 1886 in the schoolhouse in Linnamäe, Võru County, where his father Gustav (1847–1926) was schoolmaster and his mother, Anna Marie (née Haller) was a housewife. Gustav and his father Jaan came from Kahkva, but Gustav spent seven years as the teacher in Nursi before arriving at Linnamäe, where he spent 23 years teaching. Friedrich was taught by his father and then studied at Urvaste rural school between 1897 and 1899, after which he attended Võru city school until 1905.

Career He spent a year training to be a primary school teacher at Tallinn's Katariina Linnakool (City School), graduating in 1906. He then studied at St Petersburg Institute of Teachers, graduating in 1909, and started teaching at Jaunjelgava city school. on 5 March 1930 at Taagepera in Valga County.