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Teodor Lippmaa | |
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Died | 27 January 1943 | (aged 50)
Nationality | Estonian |
Alma mater | University of Tartu |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, Phytogeography |
Institutions | University of Tartu |
Teodor Lippmaa (17 November 1892 in Riga – 27 January 1943 in Tartu) was a noted Estonian botanist. He was the president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society in 1939–1942.
There is a monument honoring him in Tartu where he lived for much of his life. It was erected in 1982. [1]
Lippmaa was killed along with most of his family during a Soviet air raid in 1943. [2] Lippmaa is buried at the Rahumäe cemetery in Tallinn. [3] He was the father of Endel Lippmaa, also a well-known scientist.
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