{{Short description|Estonian educator (1899–1998)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox person |name = Hein Vergo |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = Theodor Thaalmann |birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|12|30|mf=y}} |birth_place = Viljandi County, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire |death_date = 1998 |death_place = |occupation = Educator |awards = | spouse = | children = }}
'''Hein Vergo''' (until 1934 '''Theodor''' (also '''Teodor''' or '''Feodor''') '''Taalmann''' (also '''Thaalmann''');<ref name="HJKK">{{cite web |title=Hein Vergo |url=https://www.tlu.ee/sites/default/files/Eesti%20Pedagoogika%20Arhiivmuuseum/harju-jaani/vergo_hein.html |website=Harju-Jaani kihelkonna koolid |access-date=December 10, 2023}}</ref> December 30, 1899 – 1998) was an Estonian teacher and school principal.<ref name="Sein">{{cite news |last1=Sein |first1=I. |title=Hein Vergo 60-aastane |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=harjueluensv19600105.2.7&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=December 10, 2023 |work=Harju Elu |issue=2 |date=January 5, 1960 |page=2}}</ref>
Hein Vergo was born in Viljandi County in the Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire.<ref name="HJV">{{cite news |title=Hein Jüri p. Vergo. Nõukogude kooli väsimatu organisaator |url=https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=harjueluensv19471223.2.3&srpos=9&e=-------en-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA-%22Hein+Vergo%22------------ |access-date=December 10, 2023 |work=Harju Elu |issue=152 |date=December 23, 1047 |page=1}}</ref> In 1922, Vergo graduated from {{ill|Tallinn Teacher Training College|et|Tallinna Õpetajate Seminar}},<ref name="HJKK"/><ref name="HJV"/><ref name="Saue">{{cite news |title=Saue valimisringkonna nr. 59 valijad valisid oma saadikukandidaatideks seltsimees V. M. Molotovi ja seltsimees H. Vergo |url=https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=harjueluensv19471207.2.3&srpos=8&e=-------en-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA-%22Hein+Vergo%22------------ |access-date=December 10, 2023 |work=Harju Elu |issue=147 |date=December 7, 1947 |page=1}}</ref> and he worked in the editorship of the newspaper ''Meie Hääl'' in 1922.<ref name="HJV"/><ref name="Saue"/> From 1922 to 1924 he worked as a teacher at Vändra High School, from 1924 to 1932 as a teacher at Haljava School, and from 1932 to 1942 as the principal of Neeme Elementary School in Jõelähtme Parish.<ref name="HJKK"/> From 1940 to 1941, he was the principal of the seven-year school in Haljava.<ref name="HJKK"/><ref name="Joonase">{{cite news |last1=Joonase |first1=H. |title=Hein Vergo. Medali "Töövapruse eest" kandja |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=talurahvaleht19460709.2.15&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=December 10, 2023 |work=Talurahvaleht |issue=81 |date=July 9, 1946 |page=2}}</ref> During the Second World War, a disability prevented him from fighting, and he worked on a collective farm in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and then relocated to the Uvelsky District in the Chelyabinsk Oblast, where he taught at a school and headed an orphanage.<ref name="Joonase"/> On December 20, 1944, he returned to Estonia, where he was again the principal of the school in Haljava from 1945 to 1947.<ref name="HJKK"/><ref name="Joonase"/> From 1949 to 1960 he was the principal of Aruküla Basic School.<ref name="HJKK"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Uuemaa |first1=Olavi |title=Kooli talu |url=https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=harjueluensv19920929.2.16&srpos=14&e=-------en-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA-%22Hein+Vergo%22------------ |access-date=December 10, 2023 |work=Harju Elu |issue=69 |date=September 29, 1992 |page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lühidalt kooli ajaloost |url=https://www.arukyla.edu.ee/et/meie-koolist/luhidalt-kooli-ajaloost |website=Aruküla Põhikool |access-date=December 10, 2023}}</ref>
==Awards== *1946: Medal "For Labour Valour"<ref name="Joonase"/> *1946: Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR
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