Vilma Kuusk (born in 1931) is an Estonian botanist. She deals with the flora of Estonia. [1]
She is the senior curator of Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany's herbarium. [1]
She has described at least one taxon: subtribe Alliariinae Kuusk, 1973. [2]
Alexander Theodor von Middendorff was a zoologist and explorer of Baltic German and Estonian extraction. He is known for his expedition 1843–45 to the extreme north and east of Siberia, describing the effects of permafrost on the spread of animals and plants.
Bōku is an abstract strategy board game played with marbles on a perforated hexagonal board with 80 spaces. The object of the game is to arrange five marbles in a row. The game has also been sold under the name Bollox, and later Bolix and won a Mensa Select award in 1999.
Carl Friedrich von Ledebour was a German-Estonian botanist.
Ülle Kukk is an Estonian botanist and conservationist.
The Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany (ZBI) was a zoological and botanical research institute based in Tartu, Estonia. It was founded in 1947. Since 1997, it belonged to the Estonian University of Life Sciences as a central biological research institute in the country. On January 1, 2005 it was merged into the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) is an annual international multi-disciplined competition and festival for games of mental skill and mind sports. The inaugural event was held in 1997 in London with £100,000 prize fund and was described as possibly the biggest games festival ever held.
Kuusk is a common surname in Estonia, and may refer to:
Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann was an Estonian linguist who researched Uralic languages, mostly Estonian. Wiedemann was also a botanist.
Thomas Archibald Sprague was a Scottish botanist. In 1938 he married botanist Mary Letitia Green, and together they authored several supplements to the Index Kewensis.
Riina Gerretz was an Estonian pianist. She was best known for performing with artists such as Georg Ots, Tiit Kuusik, Hendrik Krumm, Ivo Kuusk, Anu Kaal, Margarita Voites, Jüri Gerretz, Ivo Juul, Yolanda Hernandez, Artur Rinne, Hannes Altrov, Pille Lill and Heidy Tamme. She worked mostly in her native Estonia as well as Finland. During her life, she had the surnames Põder (1939–1958), Villum (1958–1961), Mikiver (1969–1971), Viljanen 1983–2002, Gerretz.
Kristina Kuusk is an Estonian épée fencer.
Märten Kuusk is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Meistriliiga club FC Flora and the Estonia national team.
Almut Gitter Jones was a German-American botanist, mycologist, and plant taxonomist known for her work researching the genus Aster, as well as for her work as curator of the herbarium at the University of Illinois.
Ivo Kuusk is an Estonian opera singer (tenor).
Victoria Anne Wassell Grahamnée Smith, is a British botanist who worked at the Natural History Museum.
Kadri Põldmaa is an Estonian mycologist.
Kadri Tali is an Estonian botanist.
Betsy Rivers Jackes is an Australian botanist, researcher, taxonomist and author. Her research interests are the plants in the families Myrsinaceae and Vitaceae.
Helen Nelis-Naukas is an Estonian fencer and coach.
Kaimo Kuusk, is an Estonian diplomat and foreign intelligence officer. Since 11 July 2019, he has been the Estonian ambassador to Ukraine.