Georg Eberhard Rumphius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Eberhard Rumphius

German botanist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1627

Place of Birth: Wölfersheim, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1702

Profession: architect, military personnel, historian, zoologist, ornithologist, botanist, mycologist, malacologist

Nationality: Netherlands, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Georg Eberhard Rumphius (originally: Rumpf; baptized c.
1 November 1627 – 15 June 1702) was a German-born botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company in what is now eastern Indonesia, and is best known for his work Herbarium Amboinense produced in the face of severe personal tragedies, including the death of his wife and a daughter in an earthquake, going blind from glaucoma, loss of his library and manuscripts in major fire, and losing early copies of his book when the ship carrying it was sunk.
In addition to his major contributions to plant systematics, he is also remembered for his skills as an ethnographer and his frequent defense of Ambonese peoples against colonialism.