Eduard Vääri (26 June 1926

Lapetukme Lapetukme is a village in Elva Parish Elva is a rural parish in the Estonian Tartu County with an area of . As of 2017, it has a population of 14241 inhabitants. It was created in 2017 from the merger of the municipality Elva with the rural ...

, Valguta Parish – 17 May 2005) was an Estonian linguist. In 1950 he graduated from Tartu University. Since 1951 he taught at Tartu University, since 1978 a professor. 1976-1978 he taught Estonian language at

Helsinki University The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public university, public Research university, research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turk ...

. His main fields of research were: Livonian language and culture, general linguistics, teaching of Estonian language. In 1999 he established the organization Estonian Language Protection Association (). Awards: * 2001: Wiedemann Language Award * 2004:

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ...

, IV class.

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1926 births 2005 deaths Linguists from Estonia University of Tartu alumni Academic staff of the University of Tartu Academic staff of the University of Helsinki People from Elva Parish Estonian expatriates in Finland {{Estonia-academic-bio-stub