Kaljo Pork (March 30, 1930 - December 2, 1981) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

. He was affiliated with the

Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany The Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany (Estonian: ''Zooloogia ja Botaanika Instituut'') (ZBI) was a zoological and botanical research institute based in Tartu, Estonia. It was founded in 1947. Since 1997, it belonged to the Estonian Univer ...

between 1952 and his death in 1981. Pork was born in the village of Ramma in

Järva County Järva County ( or ''Järvamaa''; ; ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in the central part of the country and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Jõgeva County to the south-east, Viljandi County to the south, Pärnu County t ...

. He initiated the creation of Laelatu Biological Station at one of the most species-rich plant community in Europe — a

wooded meadow Wooded meadows (also named ''wood-meadows'', ''park meadows'', etc.) are ecosystems in temperate forest regions. They are sparse natural stands with a regularly mowed herbaceous layer. While frequent throughout Europe during the Medieval period a ...

at the western coast of Estonia. He died in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

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1930 births 1981 deaths People from Järva Parish 20th-century Estonian botanists {{Estonia-botanist-stub