Harald Haberman (19 December 1904

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– 16 December 1986

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) was an

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n entomologist and politician. In 1932 Haberman graduated from

University of Tartu 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 ...

in biology. From 1935 to 1937 he was the chief editor of the journal ''

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''. In 1940 he was assistant of the internal minister in Johannes Vares' cabinet. Haberman was the head of

Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany The Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany ( Estonian: ''Zooloogia ja Botaanika Instituut'') (ZBI) was a zoological and botanical research institute based in Tartu, Estonia. It was founded in 1947. Since 1997, it belonged to the Estonian Univ ...

from 1947 to 1977 and was the chairman of

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 ...

from 1952 to1954. He became a member of

Estonian SSR 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 ...

in 1954.

Awards

* 1964: Estonian SSR merited scientist * 1971: Nikolai Vavilov medal

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haberman, Harald 1904 births 1986 deaths Estonian entomologists Communist Party of Estonia politicians University of Tartu alumni Academic staff of the University of Tartu People from Tallinn Politicians from Tallinn Eesti Loodus editors