Ferdinand Peterson
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Ferdinand August Peterson (also Ferdinand Petersen; 13 March 1887 Lehtse Parish, Järva County – 18 February 1979 Chapel Hill, North Carolina) was an Estonian engineer and politician.[1]
From 1918 to 1919, he was the minister of roads in the Estonian Provisional Government. In 1919, he was a member of the Estonian Constituent Assembly.[1]
In 1944, he fled the Soviet occupation of Estonia to Germany, and in 1949 he emigrated to the United States.[1]
He was an honorary alumnus of the Estonian Students' Society.[2]
Peterson died at Hillhaven Nursing Home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1979.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "ETBL" (PDF). ETBL. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ Auvilistlased eys.ee
- ^ "Ferdinand A. Peterson". The Chapel Hill News. Chapel Hill, NC. February 20, 1979. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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