Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge

Danish biologist

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1858

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1939

Profession: botanist, marine biologist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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 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. The alga genus Rosenvingea Børgesen is named in his honour.