About Viktor Masing
Lived 1925 – 2001 (aged 75). Viktor Masing was a Russian and Estonian botanist, ecologist, translator, encyclopedist and naturalist.
Viktor Masing (11 April 1925, Tartu – 18 March 2001) was an Estonian botanist and ecologist. He was born in Tartu. He became a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in 1993.
He was a specialist in telmatology, and an organizer of wetland protection.
His wife, Linda Poots, was a fellow scientist and nature writer.
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Who was Viktor Masing?
Estonian botanist and ecologist (1925-2001)
When was Viktor Masing born?
Viktor Masing was born on 11 April 1925 in Tartu.
When did Viktor Masing die?
Viktor Masing died on 18 March 2001 in Tartu.
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Viktor Masing was a botanist, ecologist, translator, encyclopedist and naturalist.
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Viktor Masing was Russian and Estonian.
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