About Elmar Leppik
Lived 1898 – 1978 (aged 79). Elmar Leppik was an Estonian and American botanist, phycologist, phytopathologist, mycologist and biologist, known for Herbarium.
Elmar Emil Leppik, earlier Lepik (1898–1978) was an Estonian mycologist and theoretical biologist. He established a mycological herbarium and library at the University of Tartu.
In 1950 he moved to the United States, where he taught for the first seven years at the Augustana University in South Dakota and worked as a research scientist at the Hormel Institute at the University of Minnesota. In 1964 he moved to Beltsville, Maryland, where he would stay for the rest of his life. His interests during this time shifted towards the phylogeny of flowering plants and fungi, evolutionary classification of flower species, plant coevolution, insect pollination, and bee biology.
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Who was Elmar Leppik?
Estonian botanist and mycologist (1898-1978)
When was Elmar Leppik born?
Elmar Leppik was born on 4 October 1898 in Väljaotsa.
When did Elmar Leppik die?
Elmar Leppik died on 4 February 1978 in Beltsville.
What was Elmar Leppik's occupation?
Elmar Leppik was a botanist, phycologist, phytopathologist, mycologist and biologist.
What was Elmar Leppik known for?
Elmar Leppik was known for Herbarium.
What nationality was Elmar Leppik?
Elmar Leppik was Estonian and American.
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