Paul Saagpakk (2 September 1910 in Mustjala, Saaremaa, Governorate of Livonia – 23 February 1996 in Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Estonia) was an Estonian linguist who compiled a standard reference dictionary of Estonian[1][2][3] with 500,000 Estonian expressions and their English equivalents.
[5] In 1943, he fled the German occupation of Estonia to Finland, and then in 1944 to Sweden, where he earned another degree.
[5] After teaching at Rutgers University, Newark State Teachers College, and Upsala College, he taught English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst until his retirement in 1981.
[5] After the end of the Soviet occupation in Estonia in 1991, Saagpakk returned to homeland in 1995.
In 1996, he was awarded the Order of the National Coat of Arms for his achievements.