Tõnu Möls (12 June 1939 in

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– 1 December 2019 ) was an

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n mathematician and biologist. In 1965 he described the moth '' Epirrhoe tartuensis''.Juhani Püttsepp. 1994. Matemaatika ilu ja bioloogide probleemid.

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1: 1–3. nterview with Tõnu Möls/ref> From 1994 until 2004, he was the president of

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. In 2001, he was awarded with

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, V class.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mols, Tonu 1939 births 2019 deaths Estonian mathematicians Estonian biologists Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class University of Tartu alumni People from Tartu