Linda Poots (March 25, 1929 – July 10, 2015) was an Estonian zoologist and journalist known for her work with bats. She was the longtime editor of the Estonian nature magazine Eesti Loodus.
Linda Poots | |
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 Linda Poots at the University of Tartu in 2005 | |
| Born | March 25, 1929 |
| Died | July 10, 2015 (aged 86) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
Biography edit
Linda Poots was born in 1929 in Tartu, Estonia.[1][2][3][4]
After high school, she attended the University of Tartu, where she began studying bats.[2][4] She then studied zoology at Moscow State University, graduating in 1952.[1][4][5]
From 1948 onward, Poots made pioneering scientific observations of bats hibernating in Estonian caves.[2][4][5] She went on to author many papers on bats in her country.[2] At her urging, bat hibernation sites at Piusa and near Tallinn were protected by the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic in the 1980s.[2][5]
From 1952 to 1957, she taught in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the Estonian Academy of Agriculture in Tartu, now the Estonian University of Life Sciences.[2][4]
She was a co-founder and the longtime editor in chief of the nature magazine Eesti Loodus, from 1957 until her retirement in 1984.[2][3][4][6] She wrote numerous articles on zoology and travel for this and other publications, and worked as an editor and translator of books on nature.[4]
In 1966, Poots became a founding member of the Estonian Nature Conservation Society.[7]
After retiring from Eesti Loodus, Poots worked in the Tartu University Library from 1984 to 1999, helping classify zoological and medical literature.[4]
Poots married fellow scientist Viktor Masing in 1952.[8] The couple's jointly written travelogue Tuhat tutvust tundrast kõrbeni was published in 1970.[4] She also frequently collaborated with their son, biologist Matti Masing.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c Niklus, Mart (2016-06-22). "Remembering Professor Juhan Aul". Papers on Anthropology. 25 (1): 84. doi:10.12697/poa.2016.25.1.09. ISSN 1736-7646.
- ^ a b c d e f g Masing, Matti (May 2018). "History of bat research in Estonia, as I know it". EUROBATS Advisory Committe meeting in Tallinn. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.16026.04809.
- ^ a b Kohler, Vilja (2014-03-26). "Õhulaine lõi akna toa teise otsa ja lennutas sünnipäevakringli õue". Tartu Postimees (in Estonian). Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Laanes, Helgi (2000). "Linda Poots 70". Tartu Ülikooli Raamatukogu aastaraamat. 5. ISSN 1736-9363.
- ^ a b c d Buhay, Corey (2024-05-07). "How a Fantastical Labyrinth Became a Crucial Habitat for Europe's Bats". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Lauk, Epp; Kreegipuu, Tiiu (2010). "Was It All Pure Propaganda? Journalistic Practices of 'Silent Resistance' in Soviet Estonian Journalism". Acta Historica Tallinnensia. 15 (1): 167. doi:10.3176/hist.2010.1.08. ISSN 1406-2925.
- ^ "Eesti Looduskaitse Seltsi asutajaliikmed (4.11.1966)". Eesti Looduskaitse Selts (in Estonian). Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Publications, Europa (2001). The Environment Encyclopedia and Directory 2001. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-85743-089-9.
- ^ Sepp, Anneli (2022-06-17). "In memoriam: TÜ raamatukogu mälestab aastatel 2010–2021 lahkunud kolleege". Tartu Ülikooli Raamatukogu aastaraamat. 12. ISSN 1736-9363.