Famous People with Name Frederik

Frederik Marcus Knuth            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Frederik Marcus Knuth: was a taxonomist especially known for the collection and classification of cactuses. He collected and described many new species.

Frederik Michael Liebmann            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Frederik Michael Liebmann: was a Danish botanist. Liebmann studied botany at the University of Copenhagen, although he never obtained a formal qualification. He went on study tours of Germany and Norway before becoming lecturer at the Danish Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College in 1837. In 1840 he travelled to Cuba and Mexico; on his return in 1845 he was appointed Professor of Botany at the University of Copenhagen. He became Director of the university's Botanical Garden in 1852, a post he held until his death four years later.

Frederik Christian Raben            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Frederik Christian Raben: was a Danish count, traveller and amateur naturalist.F. C. Raben was the owner of the estate Christiansholm (now "Ålholm") on Lolland and amateur botanist. He travelled in Europe and, unusual for his time, to Greenland[1] and Brazil (1835-1838). He collected many plant specimens during his journey to Brazil. More than 1100 of his herbarium specimens now belong to the Botanical Museum at the University of Copenhagen[2].

Frederik Hendrik Kreuger            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Frederik Hendrik Kreuger: is a Dutch high voltage scientist and inventor, lives in Delft, Holland, and is professor emeritus of the Delft University of Technology. He is also a professional author of technical literature, nonfiction books, thrillers and a decisive biography of the master forger Han van Meegeren.

Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein: is a Dutch politician and former European Commissioner.He was the leader of the market liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. In the European Commission, Bolkestein was responsible for Internal Market, Taxation and Customs Union issues. Some of the more politically sensitive items in his portfolio were the draft Community Patent regulation and the draft Directives on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions and services in the internal market, the so-called "Bolkestein Directive", which has become the focus of heated debate.