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Johann Jakob Dillenius: Quick Facts

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Born 1687 • Darmstadt • Germany
Died April 2, 1747 (aged 60) • Oxford • England
Notable Works “Catalogus Plantarum circa Gissam sponte nascentium” • “Historia Muscorum” • “Hortus Elthamensis”

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