Viktor Masing (11 April 1925,

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 ...

– 18 March 2001) 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 ...

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

and

ecologist Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...

. He was born in

. He became a member of the

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 ...

in 1993. He was a specialist in telmatology, and an organizer of wetland protection. His son, Matti Masing, is a renowned nature scientist, and one of Europe's foremost experts on bats.

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20th-century Estonian botanists Estonian ecologists 1925 births 2001 deaths Scientists from Tartu Academic staff of the University of Tartu Members of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class Burials at Raadi cemetery {{Estonia-botanist-stub