Anto Raukas (17 February 1935 – 19 April 2021)Suri akadeemik Anto Raukas
was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

and science organiser. Raukas was born in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

. In 1958 he graduated from

Tartu University The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

. Since 1958, he worked at the Institute of Geology of

Estonian Academy of Sciences Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences ( et, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to ...

. Since 1993, he was professor at

Estonian Maritime Academy Estonian Maritime Academy of Tallinn University of Technology (Estonian: ''TTÜ Eesti Mereakadeemia'', or EMERA) is a vocational university in Estonia. It is one of the schools of Tallinn University of Technology and it is the only educational in ...

and, from 1995, he was head of the chair of environment techniques. In 1991, 1996, 2003, and 2015, he received the Republic of Estonia science prize.

Memberships

(since 1977) *

Royal Geographic Society The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical scien ...

(London) (since 1999) *

International Union for Quaternary Research The International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) was founded in 1928. It has members from a number of scientific disciplines who study the environmental changes that occurred during the glacial ages, the last 2.6 million years. One goa ...

(INQUA) (since 1999; honorary member)

References

1935 births 2021 deaths Estonian geologists University of Tartu alumni Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society People from Tartu Members of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 20th-century Estonian scientists 20th-century geologists 21st-century Estonian scientists 21st-century geologists {{Estonia-scientist-stub