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Kärt Jänes-Kapp (born Kärt Jänes; 9 January 1960 – 10 September 2015) was an Estonian research journalist and editor. Jones-Kapp graduated from
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37th Secondary School in 1978 and in 1983 with a degree in history from the
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cum laude. During her university studies, she studied with other later prominent public figures such as
Mart Laar Mart Laar (born 22 April 1960) is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia's Economy_of_Estonia#Restoration_o ...
, Lauri Vahtre, Küllo Arjakas, and Eero Medijainen.Kärt Jänes-Kapp 09.01.1960-10.09.2015
Sirp, 18 September 2015
In addition to university studies, she worked as a junior research fellow at the
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Institute of History from 1983 to 1989. Since 1989, she has been working at Horisont, at the beginning as a humanitarian assistant, and later as chief and executive editor. She was a member of the board of the Estonian Research Journalists' Association.Jänes-Kapp worked alongside the work of a research journalist from Koolibri in 2001, mainly teaching humanities and social science teaching materials.Suri ajaloo- ja teadustoimetaja Kärt Jänes-Kapp
err.ee, 11 September 2015
In addition, she completed her studies at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public university, public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. ...
and in the Master's program at the Estonian Institute of Demography. Jänes-Kapp died on 10 September 2015 in Tallinn and was buried in Metsakalmistu.


Personal life

Jänes-Kapps' father was a medical scientist, hygienist and popularist in medicine .


References

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