What is Helmut Piirimäe?
[[File:Helmut Piirimäe.jpg|thumb|300px|Helmut Piirimäe in 2004]] '''Helmut Piirimäe''' (September 8, 1930 &mdash; 21 August 2017) was an [[Estonia]]n [[historian]]. He was born [[Põltsamaa]], Estonia. He was ''professor emeritus'' of [[University of Tartu]], and an honorary doctor of [[University of Uppsala]]. Piirimäe researched Estonian history under the Swedish Empire in the 17th century, but also the Enlightenment in the 18th century, especially the [[French Revolution]]. Piirimäe was married to art historian [[Krista Piirimäe]]. They had three sons and a daughter. Piirimäe died on 21 August 2017 in [[Tartu]], Estonia at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.err.ee/614085/historian-helmut-piirimae-dies-at-86|title=Historian Helmut Piirimäe dies at 86|publisher=ERR|access-date=21 August 2017|date=21 August 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.fl.ut.ee/201158 Helmut Piirimäe's publications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930155347/http://www.fl.ut.ee/201158 |date=2011-09-30 }} (in Estonian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Piirimae, Helmut}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Estonian historians]] {{bio-stub}}