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Gaspard Bauhin or Caspar Bauhin ( Latin: Casparus Bauhinus; 17 January 1560 – 5 December 1624), was a Swiss botanist whose Pinax theatri botanici (1623) described thousands of plants and classified them in a manner that draws comparisons to the later binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus. He was a disciple of the famous Italian physician Girolamo ...
Gaspard Bauhin (born Jan. 17, 1560, Basel, Switz.—died Dec. 5, 1624, Basel) was a Swiss physician, anatomist, and botanist who introduced a scientific binomial system of classification to both anatomy and botany. A student of the Italian anatomist Fabricius ab Aquapendente at the University of Padua, Italy (1577–78), he spent most of his ...
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Bauhin, Casper (Gaspard) (1560-1624) Swiss anatomist and botanist who, along with his older brother Jean Johannes, published some of the first works of systematic botany. With a physician for a father Gaspard (also referred to as Caspar) Bauhin was taught anatomy by his father and botany by his brother, who was almost 20 years his senior.
Jan 17, 2021 · Gaspard Bauhin (1550 – 1624) On January 17, 1560, Swiss botanist Gaspard Bauhin was born. He is best known for his contributions to the field of botany, and especially for his classification of plants. He was a disciple of the famous Italian physician Girolamo Mercuriale and he also worked on human anatomical nomenclature.
Gaspard Bauhin (1560–1624). Pinax Theatri Botanici ... (Basel, 1623). Pinax Theatri Botanici contained names and synonyms for 6,000 species. This publication and Prodromus Theatrici Botanici (Frankfurt, 1620) marked a high point in 16th–17th-century botany.
Gaspard Bauhin. 1560-1624. Danish physiologist and botanist who described more than 6,000 medicinal plants. Encouraging both individual and collaborative efforts, he convinced the universities to work together to share discoveries in their botanical gardens. He wrote a large book called Pinax theatri botani, published in 1627.
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Search for: 'Gaspard Bauhin' in Oxford Reference ». (1550–1624)A French anatomist and herbalist, who, in 1582, was appointed professor of Greek, and in 1588 of anatomy and botany at Basle; eventually he became rector of the university and dean of his faculty. He wrote Pinax theatri botanici (1623), which is a concordance to earlier ...
