Lourens Baas Becking
DUTCH BOTANIST AND MICROBIOLOGIST (1894–1963)
Bass Becking; Lourens Bass Becking; Lourens G. M. Baas Becking; Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking; Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas-Becking; Baas-Beck.; L.G.M. Baas-Becking; L. G. M. Baas-Becking; Lourens Baas-Becking; Baas Becking hypothesis
Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking (4 January 1895 in Deventer – 6 January 1963 in Canberra, Australia) was a Dutch botanist and microbiologist. He is known for the Baas Becking hypothesis, which he originally formulated as "Everything is everywhere, but the environment selects".