> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 158](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212200) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12914-1) LSID 12914-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21610169) QID Q21610169 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Tamsalu \[né Tomson\], Aleksander (1891-1960), Estonian botanist and agronomist; elementary school teacher at Laiksaare 1910-1912; at St. Petersburg Institute of Agriculture 1912-1921, during WW I with the Petrograd Railroad Committee; with the Estonian Dept. of Agriculture 1921-1925; at a farm in Saaremaa 1925-1927; lecturer Köljala Agricultural School 1927-1931; teacher at Leisi, Kuressaare and Poltsarnaa, associated with Th. Lippmaa and the Department of Agriculture 1932-1944; in exile in Germany 1944-1949; in the United States 1949-1953; to Canada 1953, ultimately 1955-1959, ecologist at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Canada. **Abbreviated name**: *Tamsalu* \[standard form in IPNI: *Tamsalu*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection HAM|HAM]]. #### Biofile - Lord, J.B., Aleksander Tamsalu 1891-1960, a botanist in exile. Hamilton, Ontario (biogr., bibl., portr., b. 28 Apr 1891, d. 5 Feb 1960).