Pedanius Dioscorides: Quick Facts


Facts

Born c.40 • Anazarbus • Turkey
Died c.90
Notable Works “De materia medica”
Subjects Of Study plant • nomenclature

Photos


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Andrea Cesalpino
Italian physician, philosopher, and botanist
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Crateuas
Greek artist and physician
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Swedish botanist
Adanson, Michel
Michel Adanson
French botanist
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Rembert Dodoens
Flemish physician and botanist
Alpini, engraving
Prospero Alpini
Italian scientist
Cherry tree (Prunus avium), woodcut by David Kandel from De stirpium historia (1552), Latin translation of New Kreuterbuch by Hieronymus Bock
Hieronymus Bock
German scientist
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Joseph, Freiherr von Mering
German physician
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel
botanist
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist
William Withering
William Withering
English physician
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Frederic Edward Clements
American botanist, taxonomist, and ecologist
Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia
Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia
American botanist
Brown, Robert
Robert Brown
Scottish botanist
“Father of American Botany”
Asa Gray
American botanist
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Henry Chandler Cowles
American botanist
Title page of Flora Boreali-Americana by Andre Michaux (1746-1802), printed in 1803,
André Michaux
French botanist
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Julius von Sachs
German botanist
Ferid Murad
Ferid Murad
American pharmacologist