Leonhart Fuchs
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German physician and botanist (1501–1566)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1501-01-17 ) 17 January 1501, Wemding , Duchy of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
- Died
- 10 May 1566 (1566-05-10) (aged 65), Tübingen , Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire
- Education
- University of Erfurt University of Ingolstadt (M.D., 1524)
- Fields
- Botany
- Institutions
- University of Tübingen
- Notable students
- Johann Bauhin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Fuchs
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire
- Place of birth
- Wemding
- Place of death
- Tübingen
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- University of Ingolstadt
- Employer
- University of Tübingen
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- botany
- Image
- Leonhart Fuchs 1543.jpg
- Work location
- Tübingen
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- date of birth
- 1501-01-17
- name in native language
- Leonhart Fuchs
- date of death
- 1566-05-10
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- Leonhart Fuchs
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- has works in the collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Commons Creator page
- Leonhart Fuchs
- significant person
- Philipp Melanchthon
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Encyclopedic overview
Leonhart Fuchs ( German: [ˈleːɔnhaʁt ˈfʊks]; 17 January 1501 – 10 May 1566), sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs and cited in Latin as Leonhartus Fuchsius, was a German physician and botanist. His chief notability is as the author of a large book about plants and their uses as medicines, a herbal, which was first published in 1542 in Latin. It has about 500 accurate and detailed drawings of plants, which were printed from woodcuts. The drawings are the book's most notable advance on its predecessors. Although drawings had been used in other herbal books, Fuchs's book proved and emphasized high-quality drawings as the most telling way to specify what a plant name stands for.
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