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Elmar Muuk

Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (died 1941)

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Born
December 26, 1901
Died
November 20, 1941
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1901

About Elmar Muuk

Elmar Muuk (26 December 1901 – 20 November 1941) was an Estonian linguist, lexicographer, and author of a number of dictionaries and textbooks of the Estonian language, and was, together with Johannes Voldemar Veski and Johannes Aavik, responsible for development of Estonian as a modern European language. Muuk was born in Eivere village, in the Kreis Jerwen of the Governorate of Estonia. He took part of the Estonian War of Independence. Muuk was arrested by NKVD on 14 June 1941 in Tallinn and died in imprisonment in Sevurallag, Sverdlovsk oblast.

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The world when Elmar Muuk was born

Elmar Muuk was born in 1901. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1901

  • Best-selling book"The Crisis" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst American League season
  • Top headlinePresident McKinley assassinated — Roosevelt becomes president
  • Technology milestoneFirst transatlantic radio signal by Marconi
  • World population~1.61B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley / Theodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population77.6M

1901 versus 2026

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Measure19012026
Population77.6M341 million

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