Kooraste is a village in
Kanepi Parish,
Põlva County in southeastern
Estonia.
[ (retrieved 28 July 2021)] Physician
Hermann Guido von Samson-Himmelstjerna
Hermann Guido von Samson-Himmelstjerna; name sometimes given as Guido Samson von Himmelstiern (, Korast – , Dorpat) was a Baltic German physician and professor of ''Staatsarzneikunde'' (state pharmacopoeia).
From 1826 he studied medicin ...
(1809–1868) was born in Kooraste.
References
Villages in Põlva County
Kreis Werro
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