Teodor Lippmaa

{{Short description|Estonian botanist}}

{{Expand Estonian|date=December 2008|topic=bio}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1892|11|17}}

|birth_place = Riga, Russian Empire

|nationality = Estonian

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1943|1|27|1892|11|17}}

|death_place = Tartu, Estonia

|field = Botany, Phytogeography

|work_institution = University of Tartu

|alma_mater = University of Tartu

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Teodor Lippmaa (17 November 1892 in Riga – 27 January 1943 in Tartu) was a noted Estonian botanist. He was the president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society in 1939–1942.

With Karl Eichwald (1889-1976) he edited the exsiccata work Eesti Taimed - Estonian Plants (1933-1939) distributed by the Botanical Museum of the University of Tartu.{{cite web |title=Eesti Taimed - Estonian Plants: IndExs ExsiccataID=2147199769 |website=IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=2147199769 |access-date=25 July 2024}}

There is a monument honoring him in Tartu where he lived for much of his life. It was erected in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.tartu.ee/?page_id=1443&lang_id=1&menu_id=6&lotus_url=http://info.raad.tartu.ee/muinsus.nsf/0/8F2C3F2B66B85FFCC2256D8000314B2E|title= Kultuuriväärtusega asjade ja -mälestiste register:T. Lippmaa monument|publisher=Tartu Official Site|accessdate=November 30, 2008}}

Lippmaa was killed along with most of his family during a Soviet air raid in 1943.{{Cite book |title=Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia liikmeskond II : 1938-1998 |date=1998 |year=1998 |location=Tallinn |pages=9 |language=et |trans-title=Membership of the Estonian Academy of Sciences II: 1938-1998}} Lippmaa is buried at the Rahumäe cemetery in Tallinn.{{cite web|url=http://www.kalmistud.ee/eng|title=Cemetery Portal}} He was the father of Endel Lippmaa, also a well-known scientist.