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Johannes Aavik
1880Dec, 8

Johannes Aavik

Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist (d. 1973)
Johannes Aavik (8 December [O.S. 26 November] 1880 in Randvere, Saaremaa, Estonia (then Russian Empire) – 18 March 1973 in Stockholm, Sweden) was an Estonian philologist and Fennophile who played a significant role in the modernization and development of the Estonian language.

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