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Peeter Põld
Peeter
Siegfried
Nikolaus
Põld
was an
Estonian
pedagogic scientist
,
school
director
and
politician
, and the first
Estonian Minister of Education
. He was born in
Puru
,
Kreis Wierland
,
Governorate of Estonia
. As
curator
of the
University of Tartu
, he oversaw the university's
transition
to the
Estonian language
in the newly
independent country
.