Author: Hans Pöhl
Date of birth: 1876-08-15
Date of death: 1930-01-22
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*The member of Parliament for the Estonian Swedes. A press clip with a short bio of H. Pöhl from the Estonian newspaper 'Postimees'. Translation from Estonian to English by Olav Linno Poëll.*
**Postimees @ 1926.08.14 : Hans Pöhl's 50th birthday.**
Hans Pöhl was born 1876.08.15. He went to school in the Sutlep district, department of Haapsalu and continued his studies through Oxford and Cambridge. He was a teacher in both Sweden and Noarootsi and later taught English in Tallinn. He was the Swedish minority representative at the Estonian Provincial Assembly, in The Constituent Assembly and in the Estonian Parliament. Currently the chairman of the Estonian-Swedish Educational Association, the Swedish People's & Association of Teachers League, the Swedish-Finnish Congregation Council in Tallinn as well as the director of the Mariners' home in Tallinn.
Primary source: [Postimees][1]. More images, info and the ancestry of Hans Pöhl is available at [Geni.com][2]
[1]: http://www.postimees.ee
[2]: http://www.geni.com/people/Hans-P%C3%B6hl/6000000000700520932
