Pent Nurmekund
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Pent Nurmekund | |
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| File:Pent Nurmekund (1906–1996).jpg Nurmekund in May 1965 (aged 58)[1] | |
| Born | Arthur Roosmann 16 December 1906 Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia |
| Died | 28 December 1996 (aged 90) Tartu, Estonia |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Spouse | Salme Nigol |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Institutions | University of Tartu |
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Pent Nurmekund (16 December 1906 – 28 December 1996) was an Estonian linguist and polyglot. He could read over eighty languages.[2][3]
Life
Nurmekund came from a poor peasant family and first attended school at the age of twelve.[1] From 1930 to 1935, he studied Romance and Germanic philology at Tartu University, and graduated with a Magister Philosophiae.[3] In 1935, he became a founding member of the Estonian Oriental Society.[4] From 1955 to 1986, he was a lecturer at Tartu University, and in the 1950s founded the Oriental department there.[3] In 1991, he received the Wiedemann Language Award.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rein, Kaarina (2005). "Modern Greek at the University of Tartu". In Volt, Ivo; Päll, Janika (eds.). Byzantino-Nordica 2004. Tartu: Tartu University Press. pp. 163–184. ISBN 9949112664.
- ↑ Gethin, Amorey; Gunnemark, Erik V. (1996). The Art and Science of Learning Languages. Oxford: Intellect Books. p. 318. ISBN 1-871516-48-X.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kändler, Tiit (2002). A Hundred Great Estonians of the 20th Century. Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers. pp. 122–123. ISBN 9985-70-103-8.
{{cite book}}: Check|author-link=value (help) - ↑ "Pent Nurmekund". Festivitas Artium. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007.
