Jean Bauhin
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Jean Bauhin | |
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Born | 24 August 1511 |
Died | 23 January 1582 | (aged 70)
Nationality | French |
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Jean Bauhin (24 August 1511 – 23 January 1582) was a French physician. He was born in Amiens, France and died in Basel, Switzerland, where he had to relocate after converting to Protestantism.[1]
He was the physician to Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre.
He had three sons, two of whom were also physicians and notable botanists: Johann Bauhin (also known as Jean Bauhin, 1541–1613) and Gaspard Bauhin (Caspar Bauhin, 1560–1624).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Jean Bauhin, www.cancoillotte.net (Franche-Comté) (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- Carl Jessen (1875), "Bauhin, Jean", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 2, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 149