Robert Lauterborn (23 October 1869 - 11 September 1952) was a German botanist, limnologist and protozoologist.
He later conducted large scale studies on the limnology of the Rhine waters.
He also transcribed and published the work of the Strasbourg fisherman-naturalist Leonhard Baldner who had also conducted studies on the Rhine in the 1600s.
[2] The genus Lauterborniella (in the algae family) was named in his honour by Schmidle in 1900.
[3][4] The research vessel R/V Robert Lauterborn on Lake Constance is named after him.