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Jan 28, 1831 Died on 16 Jan 1907 (aged 75)
Danish biologist
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About Emil Rostrup
- Frederik Georg Emil Rostrup (28 January 1831 – 16 January 1907) was a Danish botanist, mycologist and plant pathologist.From 1858, Emil Rostrup was a teacher at the paedagogical college Skårup Seminarium in then new subject natural history.
- He educated to-be school teachers for 25 years.
- In the meantime he had become well known for his flora handbooks and his works on plant pathology.
- He was appointed docent at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in 1883.
- From 1902, he was professor at the same college.
- Rostrup was first real plant pathologist in Denmark and probably the greatest ever.
- He was member of Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (from 1882), Royal Physiographic Society in Lund (from 1888), Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (from 1890).
- In 1894, he was made honorary doctor at the University of Copenhagen. After his death, his adept Jens Lind published a full account on all fungi collected by him in Denmark - mainly microfungi such as plant pathogens Numerous fungal species have been named to his honour, e.g.
- Exobasidium rostrupii, Acanthosphaeria rostrupii, Austroboletus rostrupii and Phoma rostrupii.
