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### Author
Petersen, Johannes Boye (1887-1961), Danish algologist; assistant at the Polyteknisk Laereanstalt 1916-1929, lecturer ib. 1929-1951; (cryptogamic "amanuensis") at the Copenhagen botanic garden 1920-1951; professor of botany at Copenhagen University 1951-1958.
**Abbreviated name**: *J.B. Petersen* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.B.Petersen*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection C|C]]; diatoms also at [[Collection S|S]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 74; BJI 2: 134; Hirsch p. 230; IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 283; Kleppa p. 92.
#### Biofile
- Christensen, C., Danske bot. litt. 1912-1939, p. 163-164. 1940 (bibl., portr., biogr. details).
- Christensen, T., Bot. Tidsskr. 58: 131-133. 1962 (obit., portr., b. 5 Feb 1887, d. 7 Nov 1961).
- Fox Maule, A., Københavns Universitet 1479-1979, 13(Bot.): 240. 1979.
- Fryxell, G.A., Beih. Nova Hedw. 35: 363. 1975 (diatom coll.).
- Hansen, A., Dansk. bot. Arkiv 21: 70. 1963 (further biogr. refs.).
- Hansen, J.B., Phycologia 3: 45-49. 1963 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18: 556. 1969.
- Nygaard, G., Revue algol. ser. 2. 6(2): 83-86. 1962 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- VanLandingham, S.L., Cat. diat. 6: 3579-3580, 7: 4216. 1978.
#### Composite works
- (1) *Marine Cyanophyceae from Easter Island, in* C. Skottsberg, *Nat. Hist. Juan Fernandez* 2(Bot.): 461-463. 1926.
- (2) *The fresh-water Cyanophyceae of Iceland*, 1923, *in The Botany of Iceland* 2(2, 7): \[249\]-324. 1923.
- (3) *The aërial algae of Iceland*, 1928, *in The Botany of Iceland* 2(2, 8): \[325\]-447. 1928.
### Publications
##### n.7762. Studier over danske aërofile alger
**Title**
*Studier over danske aërofile alger*... København (Hovedkommissionaer: Andr. Fred. Høst & Søn,... Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri) 1915. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Stud. Dansk. aërof. alg.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1915 (cover and t.p. 1915; journal as a whole; Nat. Nov. Jan (1, 2) 1916), p. \[1\]-111, \[112, cont.\], \[1, h.t.\], *pl. 1-4* with text (uncol.). *Copies*: NY. – Preprinted or reprinted from Kgl. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. ser. 7, nat. math. afd. 12(7): \[269\]-379, \[380\], \[1\], *pl. 1-4.*
*Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 54 (Lit.): 63. 12 Mar 1917.
##### n.7763. Studies on the biology and taxonomy of soil algae
**Title**
*Studies on the biology and taxonomy of soil algae*... København (C.A. Reitzels Forlag ...) 1935, Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Stud. soil alg.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: shortly before 27 Jun 1935 (date defense thesis), p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-183. *Copy*: H. – Preprinted or reprinted from Dansk bot. Ark. 8(9): \[1\]-180. 1935.