Estonian Academy of Sciences
| Estonian Academy of Sciences | |
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| motto | Facta non solum verba |
| founding | January 28, 1938 |
| Sponsorship | autonomous |
| place | Tallinn , Estonia |
| president | Tarmo Soomere |
| Website | akadeemia.ee |
The Estonian Academy of Sciences ( Estonian Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia ) is the Academy of Sciences in Estonia .
academy
The Estonian Academy of Sciences is an independent association of top Estonian scientists. Your task is to create a network of recognized experts who will contribute to the decision-making process in Estonia with recommendations and opinions. The target group is the public as well as experts. In addition, the Estonian Academy of Sciences seeks close contacts with relevant foreign institutions.
President
- 1938–1940 Karl Schlossmann
- 1946–1950 Hans Kruus
- 1950–1968 Johan Eichfeld
- 1968–1973 Arnold Veimer
- 1973–1990 Karl Rebane
- 1990–1994 Arno Köörna
- 1994–2004 Jüri Engelbrecht
- 2004-2014 Richard Villems
- Tarmo Soomere since 2014
Members
In 2014 the academy had 79 well-known Estonian academics and 19 foreign members. The members of the academy are entitled to use the Estonian title akadeemik .
The mathematician Tarmo Soomere has been president since 2014 .
Departments
- Department of Astronomy and Physics ( Astronoomia ja füüsika osakond )
- Department of Computer Science and Technology ( Informaatika- ja tehnikateaduste osakond )
- Department of Biology , Geology and Chemistry ( Bioloogia, geoloogia ja keemia osakond )
- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences ( Humanitaar- ja sotsiaalteaduste osakond )
history
The Estonian Academy of Sciences was founded in 1938 as a learned society. With the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union , the Academy of Sciences was declared dissolved by a decree of July 17, 1940. In September 1945 it was re-established as the "Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR " (Estonian Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia ). During the Soviet Union it consisted of a central library and four faculties with a total of fifteen research institutes as well as other scientific institutions and museums.
In April 1989, shortly before Estonian regained independence, the Academy was renamed the Estonian Academy of Sciences. It also got its present structure back as a pure learned society.
Seat
The Estonian Academy of Sciences is located on Toompea in Tallinn . The historic building, the so-called Palais Ungern-Sternberg, was built in 1865 by the Berlin architect Martin Gropius . Until the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, the cultural self-government of the German minority in Estonia had its seat there.
Web links
- Official website (Estonian and English)
Footnotes
- ^ A b The Estonian Academy of Sciences , accessed August 11, 2018.
Coordinates: 59 ° 26 ′ 12.3 " N , 24 ° 44 ′ 27.6" E