Friedrich Oltmanns (11 July 1860, in Oberndorf – 13 December 1945) was a German phycologist. In 1884 he received his doctorate at the

University of Strasbourg The University of Strasbourg (french: Université de Strasbourg, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers. The French university traces its history to the ea ...

, afterwards working as an assistant at the

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(from 1885). In 1893, he was appointed an associate professor of

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at the

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, where in 1902 he became a full professor and director of the

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. With Max Verworn, Hermann Theodor Simon, Eugen Korschelt and others, he was co-editor of the 10-volume ''Handwörterbuch der Naturwissenschaften''. He was the author of the three volume ''Morphologie und Biologie der Algen'' (Morphology and biology of algae): * Volume 1:

Chrysophyceae The Chrysophyceae, usually called chrysophytes, chrysomonads, golden-brown algae or golden algae are a large group of algae, found mostly in freshwater. Golden algae is also commonly used to refer to a single species, '' Prymnesium parvum'', whic ...

, Chlorophyceae. * Volume 2: Phaeophyceae,

Rhodophyceae Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta also comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing. The majority ...

. * Volume 3: ''Morphologie, Fortpflanzung, die Ernährung der Algen, der Haushalt der Gewässer, die Lebensbedingungen, Vegetations-Perioden, das Zusammenleben'' (

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, reproduction, etc.). The algae genera of ''Oltmannsiella'' and ''Oltmannsia'' are named in his honor, the latter genus being circumscribed by Austrian phycologist

Josef Schiller Josef Schiller (16 June 1877, in Ringelsheim (Bohemia) – 1960) was an Austrian phycologist and hydrobiologist. He studied natural sciences at the University of Vienna, earning his doctorate in 1905. Afterwards he was an assistant at the zoologi ...

(1877-1960).Biodiversity Heritage Library
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oltmanns, Freidrich 1860 births 1945 deaths University of Freiburg faculty German phycologists People from Cuxhaven (district)