Teodor Lippmaa Explained

Teodor Lippmaa
Birth Date:1892 11, df=yes
Nationality:Estonian
Death Place:Tartu, Estonia
Field:Botany, Phytogeography
Work Institution:University of Tartu
Alma Mater: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.

With Karl Eichwald (1889-1976) he edited the exsiccata work Eesti Taimed - Estonian Plants (1933-1939) distributed by the Botanical Museum of the University of Tartu.[1]

There is a monument honoring him in Tartu where he lived for much of his life. It was erected in 1982.[2]

Lippmaa was killed along with most of his family during a Soviet air raid in 1943.[3] Lippmaa is buried at the Rahumäe cemetery in Tallinn.[4] He was the father of Endel Lippmaa, also a well-known scientist.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eesti Taimed - Estonian Plants: IndExs ExsiccataID=2147199769 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 25 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Kultuuriväärtusega asjade ja -mälestiste register:T. Lippmaa monument. Tartu Official Site. November 30, 2008.
  3. Book: Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia liikmeskond II : 1938-1998 . 1998 . 1998 . Tallinn . 9 . et . Membership of the Estonian Academy of Sciences II: 1938-1998.
  4. Web site: Cemetery Portal.