Hillar Palamets

Hillar Palamets was an Estonian historian and radio presenter.

Biography

Palamets was born in Tallinn, Estonia on 13 July 1927. In 1951, he graduated from Tartu State University, specialising in History of the [Soviet Union|Soviet history]. From 1961 to 1996, he taught at the University of Tartu.
He was the author and host of the radio program Ajalootund. The program lasted 18 years, ending in 2012, and featured 888 individual broadcasts.
Palamets died on 20 May 2022, aged 94.

Awards

1974: Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR

Works

1977: Alma mater Tartuensis
1982: Tartu ülikooli ajalugu. III
1982: ''Alma mater Tartuensis''