About Villem Orav
Lived 1883 – 1952 (aged 69). Villem Orav was an Estonian historian and teacher.
Villem Orav (11 March 1883 in Laiksaare municipality – 10 December 1952 in Tallinn) was an Estonian historian, teacher, and scholar of pedagogy.
In 1905 he graduated from Riga Theological Seminary, and in 1911–13 studied at the University of Warsaw, He was a history teacher from 1917 to 1949 at Gustav Adolf Grammar School. 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
Awards 1946: Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR
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Estonian historian (1883-1952)
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Villem Orav was born on 11 March 1883 in Livonia Governorate.
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Villem Orav died on 10 December 1952.
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Villem Orav was a historian and teacher.
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Villem Orav was Estonian.
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