Louis M. Schoonhoven

Louis Mensse Schoonhoven (born 30 June 1931) is a Dutch entomologist. He was a professor of general and comparative animal physiology and later entomology at Wageningen University and Research between 1972 and 1991. He is a specialist in insect-plant relationships.

Early life Schoonhoven was born on 30 June 1931 in The Hague. Although raised in an urban environment Schoonhoven became interested in biology at an early age. He started his secondary school at the gymnasium. During the Dutch famine of 1944–45 he moved to Groningen. Upon return to The Hague he switched his secondary school type to the Hogere Burgerschool. In 1950 he moved to Groningen to study biology at the University of Groningen. During this period he had internships under biologist Gerard Baerends and ecologist Luuk Tinbergen. Schoonhoven was trained as an animal ecologist and behavioural biologist. He obtained his degree in 1957. Between 1982 and 1985 Schoonhoven was dean of the Faculty of Agronomy. In 1985 he became professor of entomology. He retired in 1991. He has also written a biography of German naturalist Christian Konrad Sprengel.

Schoonhoven was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1982. In 2015 he was the winner of the for the book Niet zonder elkaar - bloemen en insecten.