Background
Laurent P. J. Roosens was born on July 21, 1923, in Antwerpen, Belgium.
Old University Basel
organic chemist Photohistorian writer
Laurent P. J. Roosens was born on July 21, 1923, in Antwerpen, Belgium.
Laurent Roosens earned a Doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Basel, Switzerland, in 1950.
Since 1974 Laurent Roosens has been head of the Documentation and Information Department of Agfa-Gevaert, and previously held positions there in quality control (1958-1973) and research (1950-1957). Laurent Roosens served on the international advisory board of History of Photography magazine and was a permanent collaborator of Misset Foto Magazine in Brussels, Belgium. He held fifteen patents in the field of organic chemistry.
Laurent Roosens was a member of the board of trustees of the Sterckshof Museum in Deurne (Antwerp, Belgium) (since 1972), and was president of the European Society for the History of Photography. He also belonged to DGPh, SPE, and RPS and was on the advisory board of the latter's Permanent Collection Committee.