Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge
Danish biologist

Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge

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Danish biologist
A.K.A.
Rosenv.
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Male
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Birth:
7 November 1858
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Father:
Valdemar Kolderup-Rosenvinge
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Biography

Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup Rosenvinge, generally cited as Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge (November 7, 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.