Villem Orav (11 March 1883, Laiksaare municipality - 10 December 1952,

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) was an Estonian historian, teacher, and scholar of pedagogy. In 1905 he graduated from Riga

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, and in 1911–13 studied at the

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, He was teacher from 1917 to 1949 at

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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''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Orav, Villem 1883 births 1952 deaths People from Saarde Parish People from Kreis Pernau Eastern Orthodox Christians from Estonia 20th-century Estonian historians Estonian schoolteachers 20th-century Estonian educators University of Warsaw alumni