Estonian botanist and mycologist (1898-1978).
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. His birth date in 1898 has been given variously as 3 or 4 October or as 3 December, he died 4 November 1978 in Maryland. Leppik, the son of a farmer, was born in Jõgeva Parish, a rural municipality of Estonia north of Tartu. 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 inst
Abbreviations: Leppik
Occupations: phytopathologist, phycologist, mycologist, botanist, biologist
Citizenships: United States, Estonia
Languages: English
Dates: 1898-10-04T00:00:00Z – 1978-02-04T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Väljaotsa
Direct attributions: 0 plants, 4 fungi
Authorship mentions: 0 plants, 4 fungi