Hans Trass

{{Short description|Estonian ecologist and botanist}} {{Primary sources|date=May 2016}} {{Expand Estonian|date=December 2008|topic=bio}} {{Infobox scientist | image = Hans-Voldemar Trass.jpg | caption = Hans Trass 2009 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|5|2}} | birth_place = [[Tartu]], Estonia | death_date = {{Dda|2017|2|14|1928|5|2}} | death_place = [[Tartu]], Estonia | fields = [[Ecology]], [[Botany]] }} '''Hans-Voldemar Trass ''' (2 May 1928 – 14 February 2017) was an [[Estonia]]n [[ecologist]] and [[botanist]]. He was a member of the [[Estonian Academy of Sciences]] since 1975 and president of the [[Estonian Naturalists' Society]] from 1964 to 1973 and 1985 to 1991. In 1992, Trass was awarded the [[Acharius Medal]] by the [[International Association for Lichenology]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Acharius Medallists|url=http://www.lichenology.org|publisher=International Association for Lichenology|access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref>

Trass was married to Estonian actress [[Raine Loo]]. The couple had a son, composer and organist Toomas Trass.<ref>[http://ares.nlib.ee/TMK/2000/08_09/b14215251.html Teater. Muusika. Kino / 08-09 / 2000 -Persona Grata Toomas Trass ...] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220224142/http://ares.nlib.ee/TMK/2000/08_09/b14215251.html |date=2016-12-20 }} Retrieved 17 December 2016.</ref>

Trass died in [[Tartu|Tartu, Estonia]], on 14 February 2017, aged 88.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tartu.postimees.ee/4014865/suri-akadeemik-hans-voldemar-trass?utm_source|title=Suri akadeemik Hans-Voldemar Trass|last=Hanson|first=Raimu|date=14 February 2017|newspaper=Tartu Postimees|access-date=2017-02-15|language=Et}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Hans-Voldemar Trass 02.05.1928–14.02.2017 in memoriam |url=https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/FCE/article/download/fce.2017.54.18/8952/12154 |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=[[Tartu University Library]]}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.akadeemia.ee/et/liikmeskond/_liikmed/trass Estonian Academy of Sciences] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915052722/http://www.akadeemia.ee/et/liikmeskond/_liikmed/trass/ |date=2008-09-15 }} *[http://www.lichenology.org/Awards/Acharius_Trass.html Citation for 1992 Acharius Medal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310221724/http://www.lichenology.org/Awards/Acharius_Trass.html |date=2007-03-10 }} by [[Teuvo Ahti]]

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