August Kasvand
{{Short description|Estonian mathematician and educator (1890–1980)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = August Kasvand
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|12|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Erastvere, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|3|7|1890|12|30|mf=y}}
| death_place = Tartu, Estonia
| nationality = Estonian
| alma_mater = University of Tartu
| occupation = Mathematician and educator
}}
August Kasvand (December 30, 1890 – March 7, 1980) was an Estonian mathematician and educator.{{cite book |last1=Rannap |first1=Heino |title=Eesti kooli biograafiline leksikon |date=1998 |publisher=Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus |location=Tallinn |page=293}}{{cite journal |title=August Kasvand 75-aastane |journal=Matemaatika ja kaasaeg |date=1966 |volume=10 |page=98}}{{cite news |title=Tähtpäevi detsembris 3. |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=is&oid=koit20151222&type=staticpdf |access-date=December 12, 2023 |work=Koit |issue=146 |date=December 22, 2015 |page=16}}
Early life and education
Kasvand was born in Erastvere in the Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire,{{cite news |title=Sünnipäevalapsi |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=paevalehtew19381229.2.54&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=December 12, 2023 |work=Päewaleht |issue=351 |date=December 29, 1938 |page=9}} the son of Gustav Kasvand (1865–1944) and Ann Kasvand (née Luts, 1868–1938). He attended the village school in Kärgula, Võru elementary school, and Võru city school, where he graduated in 1909. In 1910, he passed the professional exam for a primary school teacher and in 1913 the professional exam for a home school teacher in mathematics and geography. From 1919 to 1920, he took in courses for secondary school assistant teachers at the University of Tartu. In 1933, he graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Tartu.
Career
Kasvand worked as a teacher in Piilsi and Nüpli (1910–1914), and at Nuustaku High School, Võru County Public Education Society High School for Boys, Tartu City Primary School No. 16, Tartu City High School for Girls, and Tartu High School No. 1. From 1944, he worked at {{ill|Tartu Teacher Training College|et|Tartu Ülikooli õpetajate seminar}}. After the reorganization of the college into the Tartu Teachers' Institute, he was appointed head of the mathematics-physics and natural science department in 1947. In 1950, Kasvand became the head of the Department of Physics and Mathematics. From 1957 to 1959, he was the teaching practice supervisor of the same school (then called Tartu Pedagogical School). He retired from the school in 1957.{{cite web |last1=Prinits |first1=Olaf |title=August Kasvandit mälestades |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130404/http://matdid.edu.ee/joomla/images/materjalid/artiklid/ajalugu/km7_prinits2.pdf |access-date=December 12, 2023 |pages=44-45}} From 1959 to 1962, Kasvand taught elementary mathematics and mathematics teaching methodology at the University of Tartu. Kasvand was the author or coauthor of many mathematics textbooks.{{cite news |last1=Olesk |first1=Peeter |title=Vana koolimehe sisemonoloog |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=raplamaasonumid20120901.1.6&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=December 12, 2023 |work=Raplamaa Sõnumid |issue=100 |date=September 1, 2012 |page=6}}
Awards
- 1947: Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR{{cite news |title=Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu Presiidiumi seadlus |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=punavaelane19471107.1.6&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=December 12, 2023 |work=Punaväelane |issue=106 |date=November 7, 1947 |page=6}}
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Category:Estonian mathematicians
Category:20th-century Estonian educators