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Villem Flusser
Villem is an Estonian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language William and the German Wilhelm and may refer to: * Villem Gross (1922–2001), Estonian writer and journalist *Villem Grünthal-Ridala (1885–1942), Estonian poet, translator, linguist and folklorist *Villem Kapp (1913–1964), Estonian composer * Villem Maaker (1891–1966), Estonian politician * Villem Maasik (1883–1919), Estonian lawyer, trade unionist, and politician * Villem Orav (1883-1952), Estonian historian, teacher, and scholar of pedagogy *Villem Raam Villem is an Estonian language, Estonian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language William (given name), William and the German Wilhelm (name), Wilhelm and may refer to: *Villem Gross (1922–2001), Estonian writer and journa ... (1910-1996), Estonian art historian, art critic and conservator-restorer * Villem Reimann (1906–1992), Estonian composer and pedagogue * Villem Tammai (1892–1973), Estonian politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villu (given Name)
Villu is an Estonian masculine given name, a version of William. People named Villu include: * Villu Jürjo (born 1950), Lutheran cleric and politician *Villu Kangur (born 1957), poet, translator, actor and screenwriter *Villu Kõve (born 1971), judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia *Villu Reiljan (born 1953), politician *Villu Tamme (born 1963), punk musician (J.M.K.E.) *Villu Toots Villu Toots (August 24, 1916 – April 10, 1993) was an internationally known Estonian calligrapher, book designer, educator, palaeographer and author. Biography Early life Villu Toots was born on August 24, 1916 in Reval, Russian Empire ... (1916–1993), calligrapher, book designer, educator, palaeographer and author * Villu Veski (born 1962), saxophonist and music teacher {{DEFAULTSORT:Villu Estonian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljar
Viljar is both an Estonian and an Old Norse masculine given name. Its Estonian meaning is "grow" or "nourishment", whereas the Old Norse version of the name means "Willing warrior". People named Viljar include: * Viljar Loor (1953–2011), volleyball player * Viljar Myhra (born 1996), football player *Viljar Peep Viljar Peep (born 9 June 1969 in Tartu) is an Estonian historian and civil servant. From 2008 to 2018, he was the head of Estonian Data Protection Inspection ( et, Andmekaitse Inspektsioon). In 2008, he was awarded with Order of the White Star ... (born 1969), historian and civil servant * Viljar Schiff (born 1974), military personnel * Viljar Veski (born 1986), basketball player * Viljar Vevatne (born 1994), football player References {{DEFAULTSORT:Viljar Estonian masculine given names Norwegian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. Classification Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. The Finnic languages also include Finnish and a few minority languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is subclassified as a Southern Finnic language and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian and Maltese, Estonian is one of the four official languages of the European Union that are not of an Indo-European origin. From the typological point of view, Estonian is a predominantly agglutinative language. The loss of word-final sounds is extensive, and this has made its inflectional morphology markedly more fusional, especially with respect to no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William (given Name)
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm (name)
Wilhelm is a German given name, and a cognate of the English name William. The feminine form is Wilhelmine. People with the given name * Wilhelm I, German Emperor William I or Wilhelm I (german: Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888) was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861 and German Emperor from 18 January 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the f ... (1797–1888), King of Prussia and German Emperor * Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941), grandson of the former, King of Prussia and German Emperor * Prince Wilhelm (other) * Wilhelm Boger (1906–1977), German police officer and one of the SS staff at Auschwitz concentration camp * Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895–1945), Germany Army commander and staff officer during World War II * Wilhelm Dörr (Nazi) (1921–1945), German SS and concentration camp officer executed for war crimes * Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946), German Nazi politician, executed for war crimes * Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villem Gross
Villem Gross (pseudonym Ott Varangu; born on 11 January 1922 Tartu – died on 6 April 2001) was an Estonian writer. During World War II he served in the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps. After the war he held a journalist job. From 1950 he was a member of Estonian Writers' Union The Estonian Writers Union (Eesti Kirjanike Liit, abbreviated EKL), is a professional association of Estonian writers and literary critics.Marje Jõeste, Küllo Arjakas, ''The Baltic States'', Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers, 1991, page 64 Hist .... Selected works * 1955: play ''Ankeet'' ('Questionnaire') * 1975: novel ''Talvepuhkus'' ('Winter Holiday') * 1978: novel ''Vaikimise motiivid'' ('Motifs of Silence') References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gross, Villem 1922 births 2001 deaths 20th-century Estonian novelists Writers from Tartu Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Estonian dramatists and playwrights Estonian journalists Estonian male novelists Estonian male poets Estonian people of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villem Grünthal-Ridala
Villem Grünthal-Ridala, born Grünthal-Wilhelm (30 May 1885 in Kuivastu, Muhu, Kreis Ösel, Governorate of Livonia - 16 January 1942 in Helsinki, Finland) was an Estonian poet, translator, linguist and folklorist.Toivo Miljan, ''Historical Dictionary of Estonia'', Scarecrow Press 2004 Life Villem Grünthal-Ridala was the son of an inn keeper on the island of Muhu. He first attended Hellamaa (Pühalepa) parish school, then Eisenschmidt private school, as well as the national high school of Kuressaare. Beginning in 1905, he studied Finnish Literature at the University of Helsinki. In 1911 he completed his doctorate. From 1910 to 1919 Grünthal-Ridala was a professor at the University of Tartu in Estonia. From 1910 until 1914 he edited ''Estonian Literature'' magazine (Eesti Kirjandus), as well as ''Üliõpilaste leht'' from 1914 to 1916. From 1923 until his death, Grünthal-Ridala was professor of Estonian Language and Literature at the University of Helsinki. In 1941 he receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villem Kapp
Villem Kapp (7 September 1913 – 24 March 1964) was an Estonians, Estonian composer, organist and music teacher. Life Born in Suure-Jaani, Estonia, Villem Kapp was the son of who was a sacristan, teacher and choir director. Villem Kapp graduated in 1938, having studied organ with August Topman and again in 1944 having studied composition with Heino Eller. In addition, Kapp studied with his uncle Artur Kapp at the Tallinn Conservatory. From 1938 Kapp was the organist in Tartu where he ran many famous choirs. After World War II he worked mainly as a composer and taught composition at the State Conservatory of Tallinn from 1944 until his untimely death in 1964. His students included Helmut Rosenvald, Lembit Veevo, Ülo Vinter, Veljo Tormis, Harri Otsa and others. Villem Kapp's works are characterized by rich melodies and he is strongly connected to the national romantic movement. In 1950, Kapp was awarded the State Prize of the Estonian SSR and, in 1963, he was awarded the Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villem Maaker
Villem Maaker (1 May 1891 – 29 October 1966) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of the I, II, III, IV and V Riigikogu. Villem Maaker was born in Palivere Parish (now Lääne-Nigula Parish). He studied at the municipal school for three years, then he was homeschooled for one year. He then studied at evening school in Tallinn and improved his studies with private lessons. During the Estonian War of Independence, he joined the in the 1st Infantry Regiment. After Estonia gained independence, he worked in the Estonian Ministry of Agriculture from in 1919 until 1920 as caretaker-governor of the newly nationalized manors, and in 1920 as district governor of state lands, carrying out land reform. He was also a member of the board and editorial board of ''Asunik'' magazine. Maaker was a member of the I–V composition of the Riigikogu; during the I composition, he was elected on the list of the Estonian Labour Party. In 1940, during the Soviet occupation of Estonia, he ran a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villem Maasik
Villem Maasik (1883–1919) was an Estonian lawyer, trade unionist and politician. Maasik was born in 1883 in Vastseliina, Võru County. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the newly established Autonomous Governorate of Estonia, which sat between 14 July 1917 and 23 April 1919. During this time, he also sat in government; he was Head of the Labour Department from its inception on 2 August 1917, serving for the duration of Jaan Raamot's period as Chairman of the Provincial Government ( et, Eesti Ajutine Maavalitsus). When Konstantin Päts replaced Raamot on 25 October, he kept Maasik in his office, which he renamed "Head of the Labour and Welfare Department". On 24 February 1918, Maasik was then appointed Minister of Labour and Welfare in the first Provisional Government, again under Päts. In practice, the Germans occupied Estonia in late February 1918, forcing the government underground. After the German defeat in the First World War, Päts' second government took offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villem Orav history teacher and in 1952 became a Fellow of the Institute of History.
He published numerous pedagogical books, magazine reviews, and methodological articles, including "Eesti NSV ajaloo lugemiku I" (1960), "Psühholoogia õpperaamat pedagoogilistele koolidele" (1948), and "Ajaloo õpetamise metoodika seitsmeklassilises koolis" (1949).''Eesti teaduse biograafiline leksikon''
Villem Orav (11 March 1883, Laiksaare municipality - 10 December 1952, 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 teacher from 1917 to 1949 at Gustav Adolf Grammar School The Gustav Adolf Grammar School is a secondary school in Tallinn, Estonia.Overview of Gusta ... Refer ...
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