Gustav Vilbaste (until 1935 Gustav Vilberg; 3 September 1885 in

Haavakannu Haavakannu is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern 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 F ...

, Kodasoo Parish – 21 February 1967 in

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) 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 ...

n botanist,

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and conservationist. He wrote the first Estonian-language keybooks on Estonian flora. He was an honorary member of the

Estonian Naturalists' Society Estonian Naturalists' Society ( et, Eesti Looduseuurijate Selts, ELUS) is the oldest Estonia-based society of naturalists. It was founded in 1853, and since establishing has been the major scientific organisation focusing on natural history of E ...

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1885 births 1967 deaths 20th-century Estonian botanists Ethnobotanists Conservationists People from Kuusalu Parish Recipients of the Protection of Natural Amenities Medal, Rank II Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class {{Estonia-botanist-stub