Rembert Dodoens

Rembert Dodoens ( Mechelen June 29, 1517 - Leyden March 10, 1585) was a Flemish physician and botanist, also known under his Latinised name Rembertus Dodonaeus.

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Mechelen - June 29 - 1517 - Leyden - March 10 - 1585 - Flemish - Physician - Botanist - Latinised name

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In 1530 he started his studies of medicine, cosmography and geography at the University of Louvain, where he graduated in 1535. He established himself as a physician in Mechelen in 1538. He married Kathelijne De Bruyn(e) in 1539. He had a short stay in Basel (1542-1546). He turned down a chair at the University of Louvain in 1557. He equally turned down an offer to become court physician of emperor Philip II of Spain. He became the court physician of the Austrian emperor Rudolph II in Vienna (1575-1578). He then became professor in medicine at the University of Leiden in 1582.

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Medicine - Cosmography - Geography - University of Louvain - 1535 - Physician - 1539 - Basel - 1542 - 1546 - 1557 - Philip II of Spain - Austria - Rudolph II - Vienna - 1575 - 1578 - Professor - University of Leiden - 1582

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Dodoens' herbal Cruydeboeck with 715 images (1554) was influenced by that of Leonhart Fuchs. He divided the plant kingdom in six groups. It treated in detail especially the medicinal herbs, which made this work, in the eyes of many, a pharmacopoeia.

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Herb - 1554 - Leonhart Fuchs - Plant kingdom - Pharmacopoeia

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It was translated first into French in 1557 by Charles de L'Ecluse ('Histoire des Plantes') and later into Latin in 1583. In his times, it was the most translated book after the Bible. It became a work of worldwide renown, used as a reference book for two centuries.

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French - 1557 - Charles de L'Ecluse - 1583 - Bible - Reference book

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Dodoens's last book, Stirpium historiae pemptades sex (1583) was the Latin translation of his Cruydeboeck. It was used as a source by John Gerard for his Herball.

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1583 - John Gerard

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Dodoens was honoured by Carolus Linnaeus by naming a plant genus Dodanea (from the Sapindaceae) after him.

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Carolus Linnaeus - Dodanea - Sapindaceae

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