Peter Ernst Wilde, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Ernst Wilde

Baltic German physician

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1732

Date of Death: 28-Dec-1785

Profession: physician, journalist

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Peter Ernst Wilde (24 August [O.S.
13 August] 1732 in Woedtke, near Treptow an der Rega – 28 December [O.S.
17 December] 1785 in Põltsamaa) was a Baltic German physician and Enlightenment era Estophile. He is noted for establishing a printing house at Kuningamäe, Põltsamaa, Estonia, and printing the first Estonian periodical, Lühhike öppetus, there in 1766–1767.
In 1771, he supplied material for Arsti ramat, the first Estonian medical manual.
He lived in America for a short period.