[1][2][3] Silvet was born in Tartu, at that time in the Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Estonia).

[3] He studied at the University of Tartu from 1921 to 1925, and in 1925 he received a master's degree in philology with the thesis The Development of Milton's Blank Verse.

[4] He worked as an associate professor at the University of Tartu,[5] and he compiled dictionaries.

[3][6] Silvet died in Elva, Estonia, and he is buried in the town cemetery.

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