Villem Orav

{{Short description|Estonian historian and pedagogical scientist}}

Villem Orav (11 March 1883, Laiksaare municipality - 10 December 1952, Tallinn) was an Estonian historian, teacher, and scholar of pedagogy.{{cite book|last=Sirk|first=Väino|title=Kutseharidus Eestis 1917–1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-s4AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=17 August 2012|year=1989|publisher=Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia|language=Estonian|page=137}}

In 1905 he graduated from Riga Theological Seminary, and in 1911–13 studied at the University of Warsaw, He was a history teacher from 1917 to 1949 at Gustav Adolf Grammar School. In 1952 he became a researcher of the {{ill|Tallinn Institute of History|et|Ajaloo Instituut}}.{{cite web|url=http://eheluba.havike.eenet.ee/muuseum/?%C3%95petajad:%C3%95pilased_%C3%B5petajatest|title=Õpilased õpetajatest|publisher=Gustav Adolf Grammar School|language=Estonian|accessdate=17 August 2012}}

He published several pedagogical books, as well as magazine reviews, and methodological articles, including "Eesti NSV ajaloo lugemiku I" (1960), "Psühholoogia õpperaamat pedagoogilistele koolidele" (1948), and "Ajaloo õpetamise metoodika seitsmeklassilises koolis" (1949).Eesti teaduse biograafiline leksikon

In 1949 he was awarded the title Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSREesti teaduse biograafiline leksikon, 3. köide{{better source needed|date=August 2024}}