Johann Bauhin

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Johann Bauhin
Born12 December 1541
Died26 October 1613(1613-10-26) (aged 71)
Montbéliard, Kingdom of France
EducationUniversity of Basel (M.D., 1649)
Known forHistoria plantarum universalis
Parent
RelativesGaspard Bauhin (brother)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of Basel
ThesisSignorum medicorum doctrina annexa sphygmice, uromantia et crisium theoria, ex praecipuis Galen. et Hippocr. monumentis semeioticis excerpta (1649)
Doctoral advisorEmmanuel Stupanus
Other academic advisorsLeonhart Fuchs
Doctoral studentsNikolaus Eglinger

Johann (or Jean) Bauhin (12 December 1541 – 26 October 1613) was a Swiss

botanist, born in Basel. He was the son of physician Jean Bauhin and the brother of physician and botanist Gaspard Bauhin
.

Biography

Bauhin studied

Yverdon in 1650–1651.[1]

Bauhin nurtured several botanic gardens and also collected plants during his travels. In 1591, he published a list of plants named after saints called De plantis a divis sanctisve nomen habentibus.

Johann Bauhin died in Montbéliard.

Caesalpiniaceae) for the brothers Johann and Gaspard Bauhin
.

Works

  • Historia plantarum universalis, 1650
    Historia plantarum universalis, 1650

References

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bauhin, Gaspard s.v. Jean Bauhin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 539.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  J.Bauhin.

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