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Marja Kallasmaa (Tallinn, Estonia) Name Studies in Estonia Although there are already two surveys beginning with the early days of Estonian onomastic studies (J. Simm 1975, M. Kallasmaa 1995b), it seems proper not to miss the period here either. 1. First studies 1.1. The Learned Estonian Society The Baltic countries witnessed a considerable interest in place names in the first half of the 19th century. Before that a few lists of Estonian place names had been compiled and published by August Wilhelm Hupel in “Topographische Nachrichten I–III”, Riga 1774–1782. In 1841 the Learned Estonian Soc