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Rivinus
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (9 December 1652 – 20 December 1723) is the professional name of August Bachmann or A. Q. Bachmann (Rivinus from ''wikt:rivus#Latin, rīvus'' Latinisation of names, latinizing the German ''wikt:Bach#German, Bach'') who was a German physician and botanist who helped to develop better ways of taxonomy (biology), classifying plants. Life and work Rivinus was born in Leipzig, Germany, and studied at the University of Leipzig (1669–1671), continued his studies in the University of Helmstedt (where he received M.D. in 1676). In 1677, he started lecturing in medicine at the University of Leipzig, in 1691 appointed to two chairs, that of physiology and of botany, and made the curator of the University medical garden. In 1701, he became professor of pathology, in 1719, professor of therapeutics and permanent dean of the Faculty of Medicine. The same year he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Because of his interest also in astronomy, by the last decade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (9 December 1652 – 20 December 1723) is the professional name of August Bachmann or A. Q. Bachmann (Rivinus from '' rīvus'' latinizing the German '' Bach'') who was a German physician and botanist who helped to develop better ways of classifying plants. Life and work Rivinus was born in Leipzig, Germany, and studied at the University of Leipzig (1669–1671), continued his studies in the University of Helmstedt (where he received M.D. in 1676). In 1677, he started lecturing in medicine at the University of Leipzig, in 1691 appointed to two chairs, that of physiology and of botany, and made the curator of the University medical garden. In 1701, he became professor of pathology, in 1719, professor of therapeutics and permanent dean of the Faculty of Medicine. The same year he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Because of his interest also in astronomy, by the last decade of his life (around 1713), Rivinus was nearly completely blind from looki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
