Elmar Leppik

Elmar Emil Leppik (1878–1978) was an Estonian mycologist. He established a mycological herbarium and library at the University of Tartu.[1]

Elmar Leppik
Elmar Emil Leppik
Born4 October 1878 (1878-10-04)
Jõgeva Parish Estonia
Died1978 (aged 99–100)
Known forEstablished a mycological herbarium and library at the University of Tartu
Scientific career
FieldsMycology
InstitutionsRockefeller Foundation
Thesis (1928)
Author abbrev. (botany)Leppik

Leppik, the son of a farmer, was born in Jõgeva Parish, a rural municipality of Estonia north of Tartu. His birth date in 1878 has been given variously as 4 October or as 3 December. During his student years, he was interested in both mycology and algology. Following graduation, Leppik was a fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation and later the University of Tartu. Among his instructors were the prominent mycologists Eduard Fischer and Ernst Albert Gäumann. He earned his PhD in 1928 in Zürich before returning to Estonia to work at University of Tartu. There, he was employed first as Acting Assistant Professor (1929–1931), then Assistant Professor (1931–1938), Professor Extraordinary (1938–1942), and finally Professor (1942–1944).[1]

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References
  1. Parmasto, Erast (1998). "Elmar E. Leppik and Estonian mycology". Folia Cryptog. Estonia. 33: 1–4.
  2. IPNI.  Leppik.
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