Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge
Danish botanist and phycologist
About Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge
Lived 1858 – 1939 (aged 80–81). Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge was a Danish botanist, marine biologist, botanical collector, scientific collector, phycologist and university teacher.
Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup Rosenvinge, generally cited as Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge (7 November 1858 – 1939) was a Danish botanist and phycologist.
Kolderup Rosenvinge received his Ph.D. in 1888 from the University of Copenhagen. He was docent of botany at the polytechnic (Polyteknisk Læreanstalt) from 1900; and a professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen from 1916, focusing on spore plants . He undertook investigations of algae in Danish waters and in the North Atlantic.
2 types of alga genus Rosenvingea and Rosenvingiella , which is a genus of green algae in the family Prasiolaceae, have been named in his honour.
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Danish botanist and phycologist (1858-1939)
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Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge was born on 7 November 1858 in Copenhagen.
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Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge died in 1939 in Charlottenlund.
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Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge was a botanist, marine biologist, botanical collector, scientific collector, phycologist and university teacher.
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Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge was Danish.
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