Peeter Põld
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Peeter Siegfried Nikolaus Põld (12 July 1878 in Puru, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia – 1 September 1930) was an Estonian pedagogic scientist, school director and politician (member of the Estonian People's Party), and the first Estonian Minister of Education. As curator of the University of Tartu (1918–1925), he oversaw the university's transition to the Estonian language in the newly independent country.
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- 1878 births
- 1930 deaths
- People from Jõhvi Parish
- People from the Governorate of Estonia
- Estonian People's Party politicians
- Government ministers of Estonia
- Members of the Estonian Provincial Assembly
- Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly
- Members of the Riigikogu
- Estonian educators
- 20th-century Estonian educators
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