Heinrich Koppel (also Henrik Koppel; 29 December 1863

Tõnuküla Tõnuküla is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County in 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 Finlan ...

, Uusna Parish – 14 December 1944

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) was an

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n medical scientist and activist. He is considered one of the founders of Estonian-language higher education.Eesti entsüklopeedia 14: Eesti elulood.

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, 2000. Page 178 In 1890 he graduated from

Tartu University The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

. In 1903 he established the magazine ''Tervis'' ('Health'). From 1920 to 1928 he was the

rector of Tartu University {{Short description, none List of rectors of the University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It ...

. Awards: * 1934:

Order of the Estonian Red Cross The Order of the Estonian Red Cross ( et, Eesti Punase Risti teenetemärk; french: Ordre de la Croix-Rouge Estonienne) was instituted in 1920 by the Estonian Red Cross Society. The Order of the Estonian Red Cross is bestowed in order to give rec ...

, I class.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koppel, Heinrich 1863 births 1944 deaths Estonian physicians 20th-century Estonian scientists University of Tartu alumni Rectors of the University of Tartu People from Viljandi Parish