Leonhart Fuchs

Leonhart Fuchs (17 January 1501 – 10 May 1566) was a German physician and a botanist.

Biography

Fuchs was born in Wemding in the Duchy of Bavaria (today in Baden-Württemberg). After visiting a school in Heilbronn, Fuchs went to the Marienschule in Erfurt, Thuringia at the age of twelve, and graduated as Baccalareus artium. In 1524 he became Magister Artium in Ingolstadt, and doctor of medicine in the same year.

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Wemding - Duchy of Bavaria - Baden-Württemberg - Heilbronn - Erfurt - Thuringia - 1524 - Magister Artium - Ingolstadt - Doctor of medicine

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From 1524-1526 he practiced as a doctor in Munich, until he received a chair of medicine at Ingolstadt in 1526. From 1528-1531 he was the physician of the margrave Gero (Georg) of Brandenburg in Ansbach.

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1524 - 1526 - Munich - Ingolstadt - 1528 - 1531 - Brandenburg - Ansbach

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Fuchs was called to Tübingen by the Duke Ulrich in 1533 to help in reforming the university in the spirit of humanism. He served as chancellor seven times.

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1533 - Humanism

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He died in Tübingen, Germany in 1566.

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Tübingen - 1566

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