About Pent Nurmekund
Lived 1906 – 1996 (aged 90). Pent Nurmekund was an Estonian poet, military personnel, polyglot, linguist, orientalist and writer.
Pent Nurmekund (16 December 190628 December 1996) was an Estonian linguist and polyglot. He could read over eighty languages.
Life Nurmekund came from a poor peasant family and first attended school at the age of twelve.
From 1930 to 1935, he studied Romance and Germanic philology at Tartu University, and graduated with a Magister Philosophiae.
From 1955 to 1986, he was a lecturer at Tartu University, and in the 1950s founded the Oriental department there.
In 1991, he received the Wiedemann Language Award.
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Who was Pent Nurmekund?
Estonian linguist and polyglot (1906-1996)
When was Pent Nurmekund born?
Pent Nurmekund was born on 16 December 1906 in Münniku.
When did Pent Nurmekund die?
Pent Nurmekund died on 28 December 1996 in Tartu.
What was Pent Nurmekund's occupation?
Pent Nurmekund was a poet, military personnel, polyglot, linguist, orientalist and writer.
What nationality was Pent Nurmekund?
Pent Nurmekund was Estonian.
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