Eerik Kumari memorial stone in Puhtu biological station

Eerik Kumari born Erik Mathias Sits (7 March 1912 โ€“ 8 January 1984) was a biologist, and pioneer of ornithology and nature conservation in Estonia. He was born in Kirbla, Lihula Parish. He was a director of the Institute of Zoology and Botany at the Estonian Academy of Sciences during 1952โ€“1977. He was the president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society in 1954โ€“1964.

The Eerik Kumari Award was established in 1989 in his name to honor those who have excelled in biology in Estonia.

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