Tõnu Möls (12 June 1939 in
Tartu
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– 1 December 2019
) was an
Estonia
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n mathematician and biologist.
In 1965 he described the moth ''
Epirrhoe tartuensis''.
[Juhani Püttsepp. 1994. Matemaatika ilu ja bioloogide probleemid. Eesti Loodus 1: 1–3. nterview with Tõnu Möls/ref>
From 1994 until 2004, he was the president of Estonian Naturalists' Society.]Order of the White Star
The Order of the White Star (; ) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonian citizens and foreigners to give recognition for services rendered to the Estonian state.
Design
Classes
The Order of the White Star ...
, V class.
References
1939 births
2019 deaths
Estonian mathematicians
Estonian biologists
Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class
University of Tartu alumni
Scientists from Tartu
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