Olav Johan Sopp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Olav Johan Sopp

Norwegian mycologist

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1860

Place of Birth: Hamar Municipality, Hedmark, Norway

Date of Death: 14-Aug-1931

Profession: physician, physiologist, botanist, mycologist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Olav Johan Sopp (née Johan Oluf Olsen; 6 October 1860 – 14 August 1931) was a Norwegian mycologist.
He was a pioneer of Norwegian and international mycological research.
He was the first to suggest classifying fungi as belonging to neither plantae nor animalia, but to a third kingdom.
He also contributed to the development of the Norwegian dairy and brewery industry.



Description	Norwegian photographer father of Robert Charles Wilse
Date of birth/death	12 June 1865	21 February 1949
Location of birth/death	Flekkefjord	Oslo
Work period	1900–49
Work location	Kristiania (Oslo), Kragerø, Seattle
Authority control	: Q144339 VIAF: 11872032 ISNI: 0000 0000 3745 2319 LCCN: no92001066 Open Library: OL465293A GND: 1061736962 WorldCat